Emerson R. Thompson, Jr.

2008-2024 Senior Judge

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

Juris Doctor: Florida State University 1973

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science: University of Florida 1970

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