University of Florida, College of Law, Juris Doctor, December, 1976; University of South Florida, B. A., College of Language and Literature, June, 1974; Melbourne High School, Graduated 1972.

ADMITTED TO FLORIDA BAR 1977

Personal Information

Birthdate: August 27, 1954
Married to Cindy Earp
Children: Joe, 32, Christina, 26 and Hanna, 24
Resides in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida

Employment History

Office of the State Attorney
Felony Division Chief
400 South Street , 4 th Floor
Titusville , Florida 32780

I was employed with the State Attorney’s Office from February, 2001 until July 3, 2006, when I resigned to run for the office of Circuit Court Judge.

Cianfrogna, Telfer, Reda, Faherty, and Anderson, P.A.
815 South Washington Street , P. O. Drawer, 1251
Titusville , Florida 32780
March, 1991 to February, 2001

Guardian ad Litem Program
Program Attorney
2825 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
Viera , Florida 32940
June, 1998 to October, 2000

Law Office of James H. Earp, Melbourne, Florida, October, 1990 to March, 1991

Office of the State Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1983 to 1987; Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 1987 to 1990

Law Office of Jackson, Earp, and Jackson, Jacksonville, Florida, 1978 to 1983

Office of the Public Defender, Jacksonville, Florida, 1977 to 1978

About my Family

Cindy and I have been married since 1987 and resided in Indian Harbour Beach since 1991. We are very proud parents to three children: Son, Joe is married to Hilary and they have two children, Logan, aged 10 and Nicholas, aged 4. Daughter, Christina is married to Toma Vukasovic and lives in Djenovici, Montenegro. Daughter, Hanna and husband, Jason Turner live in Lilburn, Georgia and are proud parents of Aidan who was born in November, 2005.

Cindy is a native Floridian, being raised as a fourth generation of a large Lake County family. I moved here in 1969 from Connecticut. My mother, Rachel retired as a teacher with the Brevard County Public Schools. My father, Sam is deceased.

My twin brother, Dr. Sam Earp, is married and lives in McLean, Virginia. He is a partner in Multisensor Sciences, L.L.C. and does engineering work for the Defense Department. His wife, Gordana, works at the U. S. Treasury Department as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of International Trade. Their son, Christopher is in high school and daughter, Daphne begins college at Princeton this fall.

My middle brother, Dan, lives in Indialantic and works in audio, video and television production. He has three children, Court, who attends college and lives in Boulder, Colorado. His son, Casey, is a fabulous hockey player and attends college at Colorado State. His daughter, Carly, is a figure skater, plays soccer and attends high school in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

David, my youngest brother, and his wife, Rolande live in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he owns Tuscon’s Restaurant, a wildly popular restaurant serving Southwestern cuisine.