The Broward bench is filled with judges who have experience in criminal defense or prosecution. It needs more judges who understand civil matters and Africk-Olefson has a strong civil law background.

But it has some South Florida judges cringing. Though Broward Circuit Judge Shari Africk Olefson was happy to see TV that exposes the general population to life in the judiciary, she was ...

Patti Englander Henning has been a judge in Broward County for almost 40 years ... She ran for circuit judge in 2018, but lost to Shari Beth Africk-Olefson. That race was for an open seat and ...

This installment focuses on the race for Broward Circuit judge, Group 36. Candidate Kristin Weisberg Padowitz participated in the Q&A. Her opponent—Shari Beth Africk-Olefson, lawyer, author ...

Family members of a 3-year-old girl left orphaned after her father killed her mother, grandmother and twin sister and then killed himself packed a Broward ... said Judge Shari Africk Olefson.