T Kent Wetherell II

Judge

First District Court of Appeal

2009 - Current

Administrative Law Judge

Division of Administrative Hearings

2002 - 2009

Deputy Solicitor General

Florida Attorney General’s Office

1999 - 2002

Private practice

Hopping, Green, Sams & Smith, Tallahassee

1995 - 1999

Florida State University College of Law

J.D. (1995)

Honors: with High Honors

Florida State University College of Law

B.S. (1992) | Accounting

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Tallahassee Bar Association

Current

eFACTS Change Advisory Board

2014 - Current

National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary

Board of Directors

2013 - Current

First District Court of Appeal Appellate Inn of Court

2011 - Current

Appellate Court Technology Committee

2010 - Current

Appellate Court Rules Committee

2010 - Current

Activities: Vice-chair, 2014-present; Criminal Law Subcommittee Chair, 2013-14; Criminal Law Subcommittee Vice-chair, 2012-13

Appellate Practice Section

2010 - Current

Administrative Law Section

1995 - Current

Activities: Executive Council, 2006-10

Judicial Branch Legal Research Workgroup

2012 - 2012

Administrative Practice Manual Steering Committee

2008 - 2009

Student Education and Admissions to the Bar Committee

1996 - 1999

Environmental & Land Use Law Section

1995 - 1999

Activities: Legislative Committee Chair, 1998-99

Florida Law Because of and According to Mickey: The “Top 5" Florida Cases and Statutes Involving Walt Disney World

Florida Coastal Law Journal

2002

Small Scale Plan Amendments: Legislative or Quasi-judicial in Nature?

Florida Bar Journal

April, 1999

The New Burdens of Proof in Ad Valorem Tax Valuation Cases

FSU Law Review

1998

Rulemaking Reforms and Restrictions on Agencies’ Use of Non-Rule Policy in the New APA: A “Catch 22” for State Agencies?

Florida Bar Journal

1997

The Practitioner’s “Road Maps” to the Revised APA

Florida Bar Journal

March, 1997

The Practitioner’s “Road Maps” to the Revised APA

Florida Bar Journal

March, 1997

The Legislature Tweaks McDonald Again: The New Restrictions in Florida’s Administrative Procedure Act on the Use of “Unadopted Rules” and “Incipient Policies” by State Agencies

University of Florida Law Review

1996

Private Property Rights Legislation: The “Midnight Version” and Beyond

FSU Law Review

1994