Much of the work in the Broward Courthouse came to a halt Friday to see the robing of four lawyers recently named to the bench by Gov. Rick Scott.
Watching the ceremony from the audience were the four happy judges below and many others from the political and courthouse establishment.
From left to right that’s Circuit Judges Nick Lopane, Raag Singhal, Michael Robinson and Ari Porth.
Those scheduled to be sworn in were new justices Ernest Kollra, Alberto Ribas Jr., Nina Di Pietro and Stephen Zaccor.
Kollra previously had his own practice concentrating on family law.
Ribas was a Broward prosecutor since 2006, husband of Circuit Judge Stacy Ross and son-in-law of veteran Circuit Judge Dale Ross.
Di Pietro was in private practice with her husband, David Di Pietro, a Republican powerbroker and in the news recently as chair of the scandal-racked Broward Health governing board.
Zaccor was a Broward prosecutor since 1998. For the last 6 years, he prosecuted homicides.
