Judge Jessica Recksiedler Resides Over Trayvon Martin Case (DETAILS)
The 411 On The Judge Presiding Over The Trayvon Martin Case (DETAILS)
Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler, 39, is assigned to the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case, one of the nation’s most racially divisive murder cases in years.
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Today, a conflict of interest arose as it was announced that Recksiedler’s husband works for the law firm of Mark NeJame, a CNN legal analyst.
NeJame is the other lawyer George Zimmerman contacted before he called his new attorney Mark O’Mara. Jessica’s husband, Jason Recksiedler, works for NeJame’s firm.
Recksiedler has been a judge for little more than a year and before she became a judge, she worked as a prosecutor handling juvenile sex crimes.
She is a graduate of Stetson University’s law school and has been a lawyer for 15 years. Recksiedler is board certified and is one of only 4,500 of 90,000-plus Florida lawyers deemed to be a specialist in civil law.
She surprised everyone when she won her election, defeating former judge Oscar Hotusing of Brevard County.
Recksiedler and her husband have two children.
