Judge Bailey's Biography

Judicial Assignment

  •  County Judge assigned to the West County Courthouse

Prior Judicial Experience

  •   Appointed County Judge in 1995 by then Florida Governor Lawton Chiles.

Education

  • Florida State University (BA 1966)
  • Florida State Uuniversity College of Law - Charter Class (JD 1969) 

Prior Work Experience

  • Attorney with the Florida Department of Agriculture (1969-70)
  • Assistant Attorney General of Florida (1970-1973) 
  • Private Criminal Defense Lawyer (1973-1995)

Professional Activities

  • Chaired the fourteen-month effort to establish Palm Beach County's felony Drug Court
  • Formed with Atty Rendell Brown the first 50/50 Black-White law partnership in the entire history of the state of Florida.
  • Founding member of the Florida Association of Drug Court Professionals
  • Chairperson of the Governor's NOPE Task Force (Narcotics Overdose Prevention & Education)
  • Chairperson of a grant-funded effort to establish a permanent working group of state and local government agencies servicing Palm Beach County

Miscellaneous

  •  Listed in the Directory of American Storytellers as a Teller of Florida Stories
  • Honorary Board Member on the Board of Directors of the Loxahatchee River Historical Society
Judge Bailey

The Honorable Nelson E. Bailey
Division: Circuit Criminal, County Civil,
Family, County Criminal, Juvenile,
Domestic Violence, Probate "A", "BG"

Room: 

Courtroom: 1

West County Courthouse
38844 State Road 80
Belle Glade, FL 33430

Judical Assistant:
maryAnn Yarosz

Phone Number:
(561) 996-4841