Circuit Judge of Monroe County
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
Freeman Justice Center ~ Monroe County Courthouse
302 Fleming Street
Key West, FL 33040
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Education
- BA from Valparaiso University, Indiana; major Political Science
- American University, Washington, DC; Gov’t semester
- Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL, May 1990
Judicial Experience / Assignments
- Elected in 2014 as a Circuit Judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit and presiding since January 2015
Administrative Family Law Judge
Family, Dependency and Juvenile Court Judge
Family Treatment Court and Juvenile Drug Court Judge
Unified Family Court Judge
Professional Activities
- Member, National Council Juvenile and Family Court Judges
- Member, Executive Council of the Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges
- Officer, Zonta Club of Key West
- Chair, 16th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee
- Former Volunteer Big Sister & board member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Monroe County, FL
Legal Experience
Bonnie J. Helms, P.A. law practice from 1994 to 2014 concentrating on mediation, dissolution of marriage and post-dissolution issues
Contract Attorney for Legal Services of Monroe County, FL from 2012 to 2014
Associate Attorney, Imogene M. Synon, P.A., Key West from 1990 to 1994
Mediator in Family, Circuit, County and Dependency