Getting picked for jury duty made Laura Anne Stuzin want to be a judge.

“I was sitting in the jury, and I wanted to rule,” said Stuzin, who was appointed to the Miami-Dade County Court bench earlier this year. “I remember thinking in my head, ‘I would sustain this. I would overrule that. I would do this. I would do that.’ And I was like, ‘I think I’m ready.’ “