Robert T Benton II

Judge

District Court of Appeal, First District

1994 - Current

Chief Judge

District Court of Appeal, First District

2010 - 2013

Hearing Officer

Florida Division of Administrative Hearings

1977 - 1984

Research Aide (Law Clerk)

Justice Joseph W. Hatchett, Supreme Court of Florida

1975 - 1977

Assistant Public Defender

Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Florida

1974 - 1975

Interim Assistant Professor

University of Florida College of Law

1972 - 1973

Law Clerk

University of Florida College of Law

1972 - 1972

Staff Attorney

Florida Rural Legal Services

1971 - 1971

Instructor

Boston University School of Law

1970 - 1971

Harvard Law School

LL.M. (1971)

University of Florida

J.D. (1970)

Johns Hopkins University

B.A. (1967)

Rules Committee, Florida Bar Administrative Law Section

Member

Current

Activities: Chair 1984 to 1986

National Judicial College

Faculty Advisor

Current

Florida Committee of the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School

Member

Current

Supreme Court Local Rules Advisory Committee

Member

2010 - Current

Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee

Member

2003 - Current

Activities: Chair 2006 to 2007

William H. Stafford Inn of Court

Member

2003 - Current

Tallahassee Bar Association

Member

1976 - Current

Florida Bar Association

Member

1970 - Current

Rules of Judicial Administration Committee

2004 - 2009

Activities: Chair 2007 to 2008

St. John's Episcopal Church

Member

2005 - 2007

Juvenile Court Rules Committee

Member

2003 - 2006

Florida Court Education Counci

At-Large Member for the Appellate Bench

2001 - 2004

Committee on Appellate Rules

1996 - 2003

Code and Rules of Evidence Committee

1995 - 2003

Florida Arts Community Enrichment

Board Member

1995 - 2003

Rotary Club of Tallahassee

Member

1997 - 1999

St. John's Episcopal Church

Member

1996 - 1999

Habitat for Humanity, Tallahassee Construction, Design and Site Selection Committee

1992 - 1992

Florida Bar Journal Administrative Law Column

Editor

1987 - 1989

Committee on Appellate Rules

1987 - 1988

Holy Comforter Episcopal Day School

Board Member

1984 - 1986

Habitat for Humanity, Tallahassee Construction, Design and Site Selection Committee

1984 - 1984

Administrative Adjudication

Florida Administrative Practice, Rev. 1981, 1990, 1993

Attorneys' Fees and Costs Awards

Florida Administrative Practice

1993

Formal Hearings Under Florida's Human Rights Act

Florida Bar Journal

October, 1989

Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies in Florida

Florida Bar Journal

June, 1989

Highlights of the New DOAH Rules

Florida Bar Journal

March, 1986

Retroactivity in Licensing Cases

Florida Bar Journal

June, 1985

Search and Seizure: Procedures, Suppression Motions and Appellate Review

Florida Bar Journal

October, 1975

Criteria in Civil Commitment Proceedings

University of Miami Law Review

1973