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Article: Justice Fred Lewis. (Meet the Court).
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- Florida Bar News
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- May 15, 2002
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[Editor's Note: This is the sixth installment in a series of brief profiles on the justices of the Florida Supreme Court as produced by the Bar's Public Information and Bar Services Department. These profiles serve to let Bar members and others get to know each justice as an individual.)
In his application, to the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission in 1988, Fred Lewis wrote about why he wanted to be a justice: "I offer eyes and ears that can not only see and listen, but also understand and hear human difficulties. My lessons of life came from being born into generations of coal miners in the mountains of West Virginia and the sense of community and ...