Case Name: Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 14-482 re Victoria L. GRIFFIN
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2015-06-18
Citations: 167 So. 3d 450
Docket Number: No. SC15-865
Parties: Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 14-482 re Victoria L. GRIFFIN.
Judges: LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 167
Pages: 450–450

Head Matter:
Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 14-482 re Victoria L. GRIFFIN.
No. SC15-865.
Supreme Court of Florida.
June 18, 2015.
Ricardo Morales, III, Chair, and Alexander John Williams, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, for Judicial Qualifications Commission, Petitioner.
Judge Victoria L.. Griffin, pro se, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Vero Beach, FL, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a stipulation between the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission ("JQC") and Judge Victoria L. Griffin, as well as the JQC's findings and recommendation that Judge Griffin be publicly reprimanded for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 12, Fla. Const.
"[A]t the inception of her judicial campaign, Judge Griffin failed to follow Florida law when she opened her campaign account, and lent money to her campaign prior to filing the necessary qualification paperwork with the qualifying officer." Judge Griffin admits that her conduct violated portions of Chapter 106 of the Florida Statutes and Canons 1, 2(A), 7(A)(3)(a), and 7(E) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Further, Judge Griffin accepts full responsibility and acknowledges that the conduct should not have occurred. We accept the stipulation and approve the JQC's findings and recommended sanction of a public reprimand. Accordingly, we hereby command Judge Griffin to appear before this Court at a time to be established by the Clerk of this Court.
It is so ordered.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur.