BEFORE THE JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION STATE OF FLORIDA INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE, PAUL M. HAWKES, NO. 10-491 CASE NO. SC11-950 / JQC S WITNESS LIST Pursuant to the hearing panel chair s order of September 27, 2011, the JQC hereby submits its trial witness list: 1. Don Brannon 6189 Velda Dairy Road Tallahassee, Florida 32309 Telephone 850-907-8252. General area of testimony: Mr. Brannon will testify generally in accordance with the transcript of his testimony dated November 22, 2010, heretofore provided to Judge Hawkes, and he will also testify as to the documentary contents of the Marshal s filing cabinet at the time Marshal Brannon retired. 2. Dean Michael Izzo 122 North Broad Street Thomasville, Georgia 31792 Telephone: Unknown. E-mail address: dmizzo44@gmail.com. Business address: c/o Infinity Software Development 1901 Commonwealth Lane General area of testimony: Mr. Izzo will testify generally in accordance with the transcript of his testimony dated November 22, 2010, heretofore provided to Judge Hawkes.
3. Jere Lahey 259 Sweet Briar Branch Lane St. Johns, Florida 32259 Business address: c/o Dept. of Management Services (DMS) Telephone: 850-922-6617 General area of testimony: Mr. Lahey will testify generally in accordance with the transcript of his testimony dated November 22, 2010, heretofore provided to Judge Hawkes. 4. Joanna Price 3826 Lee Anne Drive Tallahassee, FL 32309 Business address: c/o Dept. of Management Services (DMS) Telephone: 850-922-6617 General area of testimony: Ms. Price will testify generally in accordance with the transcript of her testimony dated December 7, 2010, heretofore provided to Judge Hawkes. 5. Stanley Nettles 3819 Bell Road Telephone: 850-562-1737 General area of testimony: Mr. Nettles will testify generally in accordance with the transcript of his testimony dated November 22, 2010, heretofore provided to Judge Hawkes. 6. Leslie Tharp 2810 Lanier Road Havanna, FL 32333 Business address: c/o First District Court of Appeal Telephone: 850-487-1000 2
General area of testimony: Ms. Tharpe will testify with regard to her personal interactions with Judge Hawkes, his interactions with other staff members of the First District Court of Appeal and generally in accordance with her testimony in the transcript dated December 7, 2010, heretofore provided to Judge Hawkes. 7. Steve Nevels First DCA Marshal c/o First District Court of Appeal Telephone: 850-487-1000 General area of testimony: No written statement exists from Mr. Nevels. He will testify generally about his dealings with Judge Hawkes, and the way Judge Hawkes related to other members of the Marshal s office. Mr. Nevels will cover in his testimony Judge Hawkes involvement in the court s budgeting process and his reporting of budget and other information to his fellow judges. 8. Marjorie Renee Hill 1900 S.W. 34 th Street Suite 202 Gainesville, FL 32608-1202 Telephone: 352-955-2244 General area of testimony: There is no written statement from Ms. Hill. She will testify about her service as a law clerk to Judge Hawkes and his assignment of her to assist his son in writing a brief on a case pending in the Florida Supreme Court that came from the First District Court of Appeal. 9. Lisa Goodner Office of State Court Administrator 850-922-5081 3
General area of testimony: There is no written statement from Ms. Goodner. She will testify as to the proper financial processes within the court system and her interactions with Judge Hawkes. 10. Enrique (Rick) Macia, courthouse architect Miami (further address unknown) Telephone: 305-444-4691 E-mail: Enrique.macia@aecom.com General area of testimony: There is no written statement from Mr. Macia. He will testify about his interactions with Judge Hawkes in connection with the First DCA courthouse project. 11. Edwin B. Browning, Jr. P.O Box 359 Madison, FL 32341 Telephone: 850-973-4186 General area of testimony: Former Judge Browning will testify as to his knowledge of the efforts of Judge Hawkes to procure a trip to Indiana and his knowledge of Judge Hawkes efforts to intimidate Marshal Brannon into changing his story regarding the trip. 12. Chief Judge Robert Benton First District Court of Appeal Telephone: 850-487-1000 General area of testimony: Chief Judge Benton will testify regarding his knowledge of the activities of Judge Hawkes in dealing with the DMS personnel; Judge Hawkes activities as Chief Judge; and Judge Benton s knowledge of Judge Hawkes dealings regarding the court budget and his fellow Judges. 13. All witnesses listed by Judge Hawkes. 4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the above has been furnished by regular U.S. mail to Kenneth W. Sukhia, Esq., Sukhia Law Group PLC, 2846-B Remington Green Cir., Tallahassee, FL 32308; Lauri Waldman Ross, Esq., Two Datran Center, Suite 1612, 9130 South Dadeland Blvd., Miami, FL 33156; Honorable Paul L. Backman, 17th Judicial Circuit, Chambers 5790, Broward County Courthouse, 201 S.E. Sixth Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 this day of October, 2011. JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION BY: F. WALLACE POPE, JR. FBN #: 124449 JOHNSON, POPE, BOKOR, RUPPEL & BURNS, LLP P.O. Box 1368 Clearwater, FL 33757 727-461-1818; 727-462-0365- fax Special Counsel for Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission and 570120 Michael L. Schneider General Counsel Florida Bar No. 525049 1110 Thomasville Road (850) 488-1581 5
Kenneth W. Sukhia, Esq. Sukhia Law Group PLC 2846-B Remington Green Cir. Tallahassee, FL 32308 Lauri Waldman Ross, Esq. Two Datran Center, Suite 1612 9130 South Dadeland Blvd. Miami, FL 33156 Honorable Paul L. Backman 17th Judicial Circuit, Chambers 5790 Broward County Courthouse 201 S.E. Sixth Street Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 Michael L. Schneider General Counsel Florida Bar No. 525049 1110 Thomasville Road 6