Barbara Pariente
| Barbara Pariente | |
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Official portrait
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida | |
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Assumed office December 10, 1997 |
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| Appointed by | Lawton Chiles |
| Preceded by | Stephen H. Grimes |
| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida | |
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In office July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Lee Anstead |
| Succeeded by | R. Fred Lewis |
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December 24, 1948 New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Fred A. Hazouri |
| Residence | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Alma mater |
Boston University (B.A.) George Washington University Law School (J.D.) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Website | Official Site |
Barbara Joan Pariente (born December 24, 1948) is an attorney and jurist from Florida. She was chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court from July 1, 2004, until June 30, 2006. Pariente is the second woman to hold the position of chief justice and has served on the court since 1997. From 1993 to 1997 she was a judge on Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal.
Pariente was born in New York City in 1948. She attended public schools in New York and lived in Tenafly, New Jersey, where she graduated from Tenafly High School in 1966. She attended Boston University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications with the highest honors. Pariente later attended the George Washington University Law School, receiving her law degree in 1973, graduating fifth in her class, and was elected a member of the Order of the Coif.
In 1973, Pariente moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a two-year clerkship under Judge Norman C. Roettger, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
After finishing her clerkship in 1975, Pariente moved to West Palm Beach and joined the civil law firm of Cone, Wagner and Nugent, becoming a partner in 1977. In 1983, Pariente formed the law firm of Pariente & Silber. During Pariente's 18 years in private practice, she was active in the Florida Bar—serving on the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Florida Bar Civil Rules Committee, and Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission—and organized Palm Beach County's first Bench-Bar Conference.
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