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Miami Herald - September 1, 2004
Sara Olkon, solkon@herald.com
Incumbent Circuit Judge Cheryl Aleman held off challenger Robert Malove, a Pembroke Pines lawyer, in the most closely watched judicial race in Broward this season.
Aleman, appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush in 2001, was broadly criticized for refusing to release a jail inmate who was near death from AIDS, despite recommendations from both prosecutors and defense lawyers. The former state prosecutor, 46, also drew criticism for discussing her religious views at her robing ceremony.
Aleman earned the lowest marks among the candidates in a recent Broward County Bar Association poll. Almost half of the attorneys responding deemed her "not qualified."
Elsewhere, Hope Tieman-Bristol defeated Mila Schwartzreich in Circuit Group 13, earning the seat vacated by retiring Judge Sheldon Schapiro.
Tieman-Bristol and Aleman will earn $134,650-a-year hearing high-level criminal or civil cases.
"I'm extremely pleased for myself and my family and for my supporters for all the incredible work," Tieman-Bristol said in a phone interview. "It's been an incredible journey."
Tieman-Bristol, 40, spent 10 years as a prosecutor with the Broward State Attorney's Office before entering private practice about five years ago.
In the Group 7 County Court contest, Gisele Pollack beat Ellen Feld in a contentious race for the seat vacated by William Herring, who also is retiring. The $121,325-a-year job involves hearing misdemeanor criminal cases, or civil cases involving less than $15,000.
An assistant public defender, Pollack has worked the last nine years in Broward County's felony drug court program.
In Group 17, Eric Marc Beller captured the seat left open by the retirement of County Judge Jerry Pollock, in a decisive win over Robin Sobo Moselle.
A lawyer for 17 years, Beller, 43, has spent the last two years as a general master in the Broward courts, handling cases that involved the Baker Act and Marchman Act, which deal with people who could be a danger to themselves or others.
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