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Judge Emerson Thompson recounts path to the bench and civic work on Orlando History Makers
Summary
On the Orlando History Makers podcast, Judge Emerson Thompson described arriving in Orlando in 1973, his appointment to the county bench and later elevation to the Fifth District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida, and his late wife Geraldine Thompson’s decades-long work in education and community service.
Judge Emerson Thompson, a senior judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida, recounted his legal career and community service in an interview with Orlando City Commissioner Robert Stewart on the Orlando History Makers podcast.
Thompson told Stewart he came to Orlando in 1973 after an internship with Bob Egan and remained, eventually winning an appointment to the county bench. "They shamed me into filling [the application] out," Thompson said of the Orange County Bar official who encouraged him to apply; he described getting an interview panel that included Nelson Pinder and Linda Chapin and later being appointed after referrals to the…
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