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Hope M. Pattey
Portrait of Judge Hope M. Pattey
Polk County
Assignment: 
County Admin Judge/Simplified DOM/PSC/Evictions - Sec M8
Judicial Assistant: 
Jessica Hooks
jhooks@jud10.flcourts.org
Phone: 
(863) 534 - 4650
Fax: 
(863) 534 - 4689
Address: 
P.O. Box 9000, Drawer J171, Bartow, FL 33831-9000

Education

  • J.D. Florida State University College of Law, 1999
  • B.A. University of South Florida, 1995
  • A.A. Polk Community College, 1991
  • Bartow High School, 1986

Judicial Experience

  • Appointed to the County Court Bench effective October 3, 2018

    Legal Experience

    • State Attorney’s Office – 10th Judicial Circuit – 1999 – 2006
    • Private Practice – 2006 – 2007
    • State Attorney’s Office – 2007 – 2018
    • Director of County Court Division – 2008 – 2011
    • Director of Homicide Division 2013 – 2018

     

    Associations

    • The Florida Bar
    • Tenth Judicial Circuit Women’s Bench/Bar Group
    • Tenth Judicial Circuit Florida Bar Grievance Committee Group “A”
    • Polk County Teen Court Magistrate
    • Wilson American Inns of Court
    • Lakeland Bar Association
    • Tenth Judicial Circuit History Photograph Subcommittee
    • People of Polk Reading Program

     

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