|
 In
her 11th Judicial Circuit courtroom, Judge Beth Bloom hears
cases involving supermodels, athletes, protestors and petty
criminals. But off the bench, she fills her docket with
community programs and charity fundraising.
As one of her
primary interests, Bloom enjoys helping foster kids move out of
the system to become valuable, independent members of the
community.
She is also
very active in fundraising, particularly for programs that help
clients overcome speech impediments. Together with her husband,
Lyle Stern, Bloom co-founded the Children’s Craniofacial
Association, which is dedicated to improving the lives of
children born with “facial differences,” after their son Oliver
was born with a cleft lip and palate.
As part of her
justice-related activities, one of her main goals when she was
the president of the Florida Conference of County Court Judges
was opening lines of communication between the courts and the
public and educating citizens about the justice system.
Bloom serves
on the 11th Judicial Circuit’s Professionalism Committee. Hoping
to improve on the recidivism rate, she has implemented such
programs as the DUI In Jail Treatment Program and the Smoking
Tobacco Offender Program (STOP) to help offenders get a head
start on treating the problems that landed them in jail.
Bloom worked
at Floyd, Pearson, Richman, Greer, et al., until 1994, when she
was elected to the bench. She was re-elected without opposition
in 1998 and again in 2004 for a six-year term. Bloom also serves
on the faculty of the University of Miami School of Law’s
Litigation Skills Program, the National Judicial College,
Florida Judicial College and the College of Advanced Judicial
Studies. |
