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EX-JUDGE CANDIDATE JOSH DAVIS RESIGNS CLERK OF COURT POST TO START HIS OWN PALM
COAST LAW FIRM

October 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Josh Davis. (© FlaglerLive)

Josh Davis, a former assistant state prosecutor and candidate for county judge,
has resigned as manager of criminal courts for Flagler County Clerk of Courts
Gail Wadsworth and will soon be opening his own legal practice in Palm Coast.

Davis, 36, was one of seven candidates for the judgeship, a race eventually won
by Melissa Moore Stens. Davis had held the $50,000-a-year position roughly six
months, taking it shortly after his bid for the judgeship, and after resigning
his post as assistant state attorney, where he specialized in felony and
juvenile trial cases, and was a felony intake attorney.

When he took the job Wadsworth offered, it appeared that Davis could be in line
for higher office there, assuming the lines of succession were to follow their
presumed course: Wadsworth will not be running again, and it is widely presumed
that her deputy, Tom Bexley, will run to replace her, opening his position
(assuming he wins).

“That kind of exposure and his education could have lifted him possibly to a
manager of all court types,” Wadsworth said of Davis, “or we used to have a
position called director of courts that we don’t have anymore, because criminal
court is so different from civil court, but that’s up to my successor.”

“I wanted to give it a shot because I really like Tom, and I like Gail,” Davis
said. “It sounded like something that could turn into something, but as my
employment grew longer it turns out that if you’re a deputy clerk, you’re
actually prevented from practicing law.”



Gail Wadsworth. (© FlaglerLive)And in the end, that’s what Davis wants to do.
“The longer I was there the more I realized I went to law school to be an
attorney.” Davis holds a law degree from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical
University.



He resigned on Friday with a brief note to Wadsworth.

“Awesome young man,” Wadsworth said of Davis Tuesday. “I just think somebody who
has practiced law and stood in front of a bench would much rather be the
attorney than be the person prepping for attorneys. He was an asset, but you
have to follow your own heart, and I wondered if that wouldn’t come. I think it
was very difficult for him not to be the attorney but be in a clerk’s role.
Because a clerk can’t give any form of legal advice.”

Wadsworth recalled a time at the beginning of Davis’s tenure when she checked
with the legal counsel for the clerks’ association in Tallahassee whether her
employees could practice law. The verdict was a strict No. “And I watched Josh’s
face fall when he heard that,” Wadsworth said. Asked if that led to any tensions
on the job, Wadsworth said: “I don’t know, he didn’t say so, OI hope not. I
thought I had a really good relationship with Josh,” but. The clerk added, she
knew that at some point he would be missing practicing law.





Wadsworth has been working on the position’s job description—the job oversees
the functions of criminal court clerks—and will be posting it later this week.

Davis himself has been at work setting up his own firm., which will be called
Davis Law. Before his tenure at the State Attorney’s Office, Davis was an
assistant public defender, and has also been a senior attorney in the guardian
ad litem program—which protects the rights of children—where he became familiar
with family law. He is married and is father to three young girls.

“I’ve yet to be able to hand out a card and say this is me, I can help you out,
I can treat you like a person and help you with any problem you have, and if you
need help you can give me a call,” Davis said of his coming career as an
independent attorney. “I am terrified and just extremely excited all wrapped
into one because I’ve always wanted to do this, and now the stars have just kind
of aligned.”



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COMMENTS

 1. FlaglerConcernedCitizen2 says
    
    October 2, 2013 at 3:48 pm
    
    Good Luck Scott You have amazing talents along with unquestioned
    professionalism. You will an asset to the Flagler County Community
    
    Reply

 2. Roadrunner says
    
    October 2, 2013 at 6:12 pm
    
    Hand Wadsworth a napkin so she can wipe her mouth. This man is being
    gracious. Don’t believe everything you read. I wish you the best Josh….you
    should have checked with some of the other 147 former employees Of Wadsworth
    before ever leaving the States Attorneys Office to work for Wadsworth.
    
    I bet Wadsworth intends to be Bexley’s consultant or advisor continuing to
    make a big fat pay check should Bexley get elected in 2016. There should be
    no need for such a position since Bexley was hand picked (with no
    experience) by Wadsworth, and will have several years experience working in
    his capacity before Wadsworth leaves office. I would like see FL post was
    Bexley’s rate of pay was when he was hired, and what it is today….I think we
    ax payers will be shocked! Bexley replaced Phil Pulliam, Wadsworth’s then
    right hand that helped mastermind the 5-1/2 million dollar mismanagement a
    few years past.
    
    Reply

 3. Ambroz says
    
    October 2, 2013 at 8:02 pm
    
    I think his law firm will be very successful. I briefly met Mr. and Mrs.
    Davis at a Flagler Bar Association gathering and he’s a real gentleman. Best
    wishes.
    
    Reply

 4. Go Josh Go! says
    
    October 3, 2013 at 3:12 pm
    
    Good luck to you Josh. All things happen for a reason. Now you can take the
    leap and prove yourself. I wish you much success! Experiences make all of us
    wiser.
    
    Reply

 5. Anonymous says
    
    October 3, 2013 at 6:27 pm
    
    Josh,
    I hope the lesson you learned by taking a bite of Wadsworth’s poison apple
    taught you a valuable lessons. 1-if it sounds too good to be true it
    probably is and #2 most importantly, treat others how you would want to be
    treated.
    
    I wish you much success, and am sorry you had to suffer from the
    megalomania.
    
    Reply

 6. Louise says
    
    October 5, 2013 at 5:21 pm
    
    I hope one day Josh you will co e clean and tell the truth about your
    experience in dealing with his woman. She isn’t fooling anyone, and neither
    are you. Those that know her, can tell you she isn’t fooling anyone and she
    is very calculating. She had the race for Clerk closed in 2012 to prevent
    the Democrats and Non Party voters from voting against her by voting for Ken
    Mazzie. Best of luck to you, you have always been a gentleman, and didn’t
    deserve to be Wadsworths next victim.
    
    Reply

 7. Nikia says
    
    October 7, 2013 at 7:28 pm
    
    Best Of Luck Josh.
    
    Reply

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