County Judge of Monroe County
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
Marathon Courthouse
3117 Overseas Highway
Marathon, Florida 33050
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Education
- Graduated from Smith College; honors-major Microbiology
- Graduated from Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
Judicial Experience
- Staff Attorney at Florida Rural Legal Service, Palm Beach and St. Lucie Counties,
- Elected to the Monroe County Court in 1990
- Re-elected without opposition since 1990
- Criminal and Civil County Court in Marathon Courthouse
- Acting Circuit Judge in the Criminal, Civil, Probate and Mental Health Divisions in Marathon
- Presides over Adult Drug Court since 1995.
Legal Experience
- Public Defender’s Office, St. Lucie County, FL
- Public Defender’s Office, Chief Assistant, Monroe County, Key West, FL
- Instituted the Running for Rehabilitation Program in January 1997
Association
- Former President of Board Of Director – Hospice/VNA of the Florida Keys
- Big Sister and served on the Board of Big Brothers and Big Sisters and has been a helpline volunteer
- Past President of the Board of Directors of the Historic Florida Keys Foundation
- Past President of the Board of Art Behind Bars
- Past member of the Zonta Club of Marathon and the Marathon Business and Professional Women’s Club
- Mentor for Take Stock in Children
Personal
- Eight time marathon runner in the following marathons: Boston, New York, Marine Corps and the First Walt Disney World Marathon in 1994
- Twice Gold Medal winner in the Law Enforcement Olympics Half-marathon in Gainesville and Cocoa Beach, FL; once Silver Medal winner
- Judge Ruth Becker-Painter is married and has two children