Senior Judge Emerson R. Thompson, Jr.

Judicial Assignments

• 1993-2008 Judge, Fifth District Court of Appeal
• 2000-2003 Chief Judge, Fifth District Court of Appeal
• 1980-1993 Circuit Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
• 1989-1992 Chief Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
• 1976-1980 County Judge, Orange County

Education

• Juris Doctor: Florida State University 1973
• Bachelor of Arts, Political Science: University of Florida 1970

Professional Activities

• Member, The Florida Bar
• Former Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Judicature Society
• Member, National Bar Association
• Member, Paul C. Perkins Bar Association
• Member, Florida Supreme Court Statistics and Workload Committee
• Member, Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges
• Member, State Courts System Equal Employment Opportunity Committee
• Member, Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee
• Member, The Florida Supreme Court Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Commission
• Former Member, Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Bar Bench/Bar Commission (Style and Drafting Committee)
• Former Member, Florida Supreme Court Pro Bono Committee;
• Member, The Florida Bar Foundation
• Founding Member and First President, Central Florida American Inns of Court
• Member, Executive Committee of the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges
• Former Chair, Probate Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges
• Former Member, Executive Council, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges
• Former Member, Judicial Administration Section, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges
• Former Member, Judicial Relations Committee of Orange County Bar Association
• Former Instructor, Guardian Ad Litem Program, Orange County Bar Association