Martha Ann Lott
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JUDGE MARTHA ANN LOTT,
an Alachua County Court Judge for the past six years, is
now a candidate for the new Circuit-Judgeship created by the
legislature this year for non partisan election on September 3. The
Circuit Judges responsibilities include Criminal Felony, Civil,
Probate, Family and Juvenile cases in six-counties. Baker, Bradford,
Union, Alachua, Gilchrist, and Levy-make up the 8th judicial circuit
which stretches all the way from the-Georgia border to the Gulf of
Mexico.
Judge Lott began her legal career as an associate
in the Law Office-of Theodore M. Burt, now in Trenton. Her legal
experience prior-to being elected as Alachua County Court Judge in
1990 includes: Assistant Public Defender, Eighth Judicial Circuit
(1981-85); Martha-Ann Lott, Attorney at Law, Sole Practitioner-Trial
Practice,Gainesville (1986-90).
In 1990 she was elected as an Alachua County Court Judge,
the position-she currently holds. She was re-elected in 1994 for a
second four-year term but she has resigned-that position effective
January 1997 in order to seek election to the Circuit Court. Martha
Lott was the recipient of the Florida Bar's Pro Bono Award for the 8th
Circuit (1990). She is a-Charter Member of and is now a Master of the
Bench in the James C. Adkins Inn of Court, an-organization of lawyers
and judges devoted to enhancing professionalism and ethics in the-
practice of law.
Judge Lott is active in the statewide Conference of County Court
Judges, previously holding the position of Chairman of the
Professional Affairs Committee and sitting-as a member of Legislative
and Education Committees. She has regularly presented educational-
programs at statewide conferences in the areas of sentencing, ethics
and mental health issues in-the law. She has also served as a faculty
member at the Florida Judicial College and at the-Advanced Judicial
College. Judge Lott teaches a Trial Practice section regularly at the
University-of Florida, College of Law. Martha Lott has been appointed
to three Supreme Court Committees,-the Mediator Qualifications Board
(1993-1994); Judicial Council Member (1995); Court Statistics-and
Workload Committee (1995-present); she was a presenter at the 15th
Annual Conference on Domestic Violence put on by the Sexual Battery
Committee of the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, Inc.
and she was a presenter at the 1996 statewide Training Conference-for
Salvation Army Probation Officers.
JUDGE MARTHA ANN LOTT
grew up in Taylor County Florida,
graduating from Taylor County High School in 1971.
She then attended the University of Florida graduating with
High Honors-with a Bachelors degree in Psychology in 1974. After
working for-several years in Gainesville area institutions in programs
for:
1)-aggressive and self abusive mentally retarded adults and children,
2)mentally disordered sex-offenders, 3) alcoholics, and 4) children
suffering from psychiatric illnesses, Martha returned to-law school at
the University of Florida in 1979 graduating in 1981. She graduated
from-Leadership Gainesville - XVI in 1989. In 1990, with 10 years
experience in criminal and civil-litigation, she was elected as
Alachua County Court Judge; she was reelected in 1994. Martha Ann
Lott is married to John H. Jones, a lawyer, businessman and Navy
Reserve Captain and has-one daughter, Sarah, currently attending
University of Florida.
Her avocational interests include writing fiction, gardening,
cooking (she was the recipient of 8-FAWL's 1992 Judicial Bake Off
"Just Deserts"), horseback riding, dog sports and swimming. She works
as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and with Duval Elementary as
a Rockin Reader. Her prior community volunteer participation
includes three years as a Girl Scout leader and three years as a troop
camping instructor. She also volunteered at Shands child psychiatric
unit and in the Head Start Program.
In addition to thousands of County Court cases, Judge Lott has
handled more than 500 Circuit Court cases as an Acting Circuit Judge
on assignment of the Chief Judge including cases in all five Circuit
Court Divisions: Felony, Civil, Juvenile, Probate, and Family. Judge
Lott has extensive Judicial training as well as experience.
In her six years as a County Court Judge, Martha Ann Lott has
completed more than 350 hours of judicial education at the Florida
Judicial College and at the National Judicial College (only 60 hours
were required) including courses in evidence and constitutional law,
criminal sentencing, ethics and case management. Judge Lott
regularly teaches courses to other judges across the state and is a
regular speaker at schools, clubs and organizations such as the
Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce.
My primary interest in the Circuit Judgeship is in being able to
use my background and experience to better serve this area in Juvenile
and Family Court and in effective Criminal Sentencing. I am
particularly interested in the opportunity to be assigned to Baker,
Bradford, Union, Gilchrist and Levy Counties in addition to Alachua
County. I enjoyed working in all six counties as an Assistant Public
Defender and, coming from Taylor County, it feels like coming home
again. This new judgeship will give us the judicial resources to give
all six counties the judicial attention they need and deserve. I
pledge to the voters my continued hard work and my full attention to
matters brought before me on the bench.
Contributions up to $500.00 may be sent to:
Judge Martha Lott
Martha Ann Lott Campaign
c/o P.O.Box 2340
Gainesville, Fl 32602
(352) 377-6475
Pd. Pol. Adv. Judge Lott Campaign
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