Marcia Beach, a former county commissioner during Broward’s era of rapid growth and circuit judge who was an advocate for the disabled, died, it was announced Saturday.
She was 72.
Beach was a county commissioner from 1980 to 1985. She was known as a guardian of the environment while on the commission during a time of intense development. Beach was also active in supporting the countywide library system, which was founded by her husband Cecil Beach.
She left the commission to attend law school at Nova Southeastern. After graduation, Beach was with Holland & Knight, focusing on land use, zoning and environmental law. From 1992 to 1998 she was the attorney and executive director of the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities. She also spent one year with Josias, Goren, Cherof, Doody and Ezrol before her election.
Elected to the Broward bench in 2000, Beach beat Browardbeat.com contributor Sam Fields in a runoff election. She presided over the drug court for a number of years until retiring in 2013.
[vc_message message_box_style=”3d” message_box_color=”turquoise”]By Buddy Nevins, BrowardBeat.com, excerpt posted on SouthFloridaReporter.com June 5, 2016 [/vc_message]
