Ex-JCC Castiello Says Nominating Commission Followed Improper Rules

Former Florida Judge of Compensation Claims Gerardo Castiello is on a mission to prove his de facto dismissal from the bench was made in error. After 16 years as a JCC, Castiello's last term ended this year after the Statewide Nominating Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims (SNCJCC) failed to nominate him for reappointment in November. Later that winter, Castiello’s attorney, David Caldevilla, filed three administrative petitions in an attempt to prove that the nominating commission improperly relied on internal guidelines, rather than statutory criteria, when...