Lecturer Bios
Hon. Don S. Cohn
• Elected County Court Judge in Miami-Dade on September 5th, 2006
• Practiced law with Law offices of Don S. Cohn, P.A.
• Practiced law for 31 years as a private practitioner, primarily criminal defense in both state and federal courts
• On the board of directors of Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc.
• Instructor at County Court Judicial Conference
• Has presided in a pilot program over civil domestic violence injunctions two days of every week and over civil jury trials three days of every week
• B.A. degree, University of Connecticut
• J.D. degree, University of Miami
Hon. Andrew S. Hague
• Elected to the County Court Bench to fill an open seat in November of 1996 and he took the bench on January 7th, 2007
• Assigned to the Civil Division and is sitting at the Coral Gables Courthouse
• Was an assistant state attorney in the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida for 14 years
• Responsible for the prosecution of capital cases and other life felonies, as well as the supervision of the attorneys that were assigned to his division
• Lectures across the country and taught numerous seminars
• His trials have been profiled on Court T.V., 60 Minutes, 20/20 and other national broadcasts
• B.S and J.D. degrees, Tulane University in New Orleans
Hon. Bronwyn C. Miller
• Appointed in March 2005 to fill the County Court judicial vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Richard Suarez to the 3rd District Court of Appeal
• Currently assigned to the Dade County Courthouse, Civil Division
• Prior to her appointment to the bench, she was an assistant state attorney in the 11th Judicial Circuit
• Responsible for the training of approximately 300 prosecutors, and prosecuted both capital cases and law enforcement related shootings
• Tried more than 80 cases to verdict in the circuit and county courts during her tenure at the State Attorney’s Office
• Faculty member for both the Miami-Dade Family Learning Partnership and the Justice Teaching Program, and an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at Florida International University
• Co-author of "Authentication of Digital Photographs under the Pictorial Testimony Theory: A Response to Critics," Florida Bar Journal; and "Prosecutorial Ethics: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt," The Prosecutor
• B.A. degree, Barnard College at Columbia University; and J.D. degree, cum laude, University of Miami School of Law
Hon. Lisa S. Walsh
• Appointed to the County Court by Governor Charlie Crist in February 2008
• Assigned to the civil division in the North Dade Justice Center
• Practiced law for 16 years, in both the trial and appellate state and federal courts
• Handled more than 300 appeals in a wide range of areas, including criminal, real estate, administrative, general civil and matrimonial law
• Served as a special master for the City of Miami Beach, where she heard building, code and fire violations for the city
• President of Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers and served as vice-chair of a Florida Bar Grievance committee
• B.S. degree, Northwestern University
• J.D. degree, University of Miami School of Law
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