Inquiry Concerning a Judge JQC Nos. 2024-452, 2024-506 & 2025-161 Re: Stefanie C. Moon
The Florida Supreme Court accepted a stipulated discipline agreement against Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Judge Stefanie C. Moon, who admitted to three separate Code of Judicial Conduct violations: soliciting campaign support from an attorney while on the bench in her robe immediately following a hearing, engaging in ex parte communication with the mental health therapist of a divorce-case party, and making approximately $2,000 in improper political contributions between 2020 and 2024. The Court imposed a 10-day suspension without pay, a $2,115.40 fine, and a public reprimand.
Key facts
- Judge Stefanie C. Moon sits on the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit and had previously been cautioned by the Judicial Qualifications Commission in 2019 for improper campaign activities.
- From the bench while wearing her robe immediately after a hearing concluded, Judge Moon asked the attorney who had just appeared before her why he had not responded to her call about joining her re-election committee.
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Holdings
- Canons 1 and 2A require judges to act in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary; soliciting campaign support from counsel in a…
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