The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. It consists of seven justices—one of whom serves as Chief Justice. Six members are chosen from six districts around the state to foster geographic diversity,and one is selected at large.
Rosemary Barkett is a Mexican-American judge of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal located in The Hague,Netherlands since 2013. Previously,she served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to her nomination for that post,she was chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court.
David E. Nahmias is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 2021 to 2022. He is the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
Ricky L. Polston is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 2008 to 2023. He served as the chief justice of the court from July 2012 to June 2014. He is a graduate of Florida State University College of Law.
Joseph Woodrow Hatchett was an American lawyer and judge. He worked in private practice,was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit,and served on the Florida Supreme Court.
Darleen Ortega is an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. A native of California,she has served on the Oregon Court of Appeals since 2003. She is the first woman of Hispanic heritage and the first woman of color to serve on that court.
Adalberto Jose Jordan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law,his alma mater,and at Florida International University's College of Law. In February 2016,The New York Times identified Jordan as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. In early March,Jordan removed himself from consideration.
James E. C. Perry is an American judge. He is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
Scott Douglas Makar is an American lawyer,college professor and Judge on Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal,recommissioned from the First District Court of Appeal on January 1,2023 by Governor Ron DeSantis. Previously he was the Florida Solicitor General serving from 2007 until 2012 and in that position,argued five cases before the United States Supreme Court.
Jesse Michael Panuccio is an American attorney and government official. He served as the acting United States Associate Attorney General in 2017 and again from February 2018 to May 2019. He previously served as general counsel to Governor Rick Scott of Florida and as the executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
Jane Louise Kelly is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
William Frederic Jung is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Kevin Christopher Newsom is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Daniel E. Nordby was General Counsel to Florida Governor Rick Scott. He served as the chief legal advisor to the Governor and chief advisor on Florida judicial appointments. He is a partner in the Tallahassee office of the law firm of Shutts &Bowen LLP where he handles civil and administrative litigation and appeals.
Robert Joshua Luck is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and was formerly a justice of the Florida Supreme Court. A Miami native,he has previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney and as a judge on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and then the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
Paul Kevin Brobson is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In 2009,he was elected to serve as a judge on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania,where he served until 2022.
Renatha Sian Francis is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida since 2022. She previously served as a circuit judge in Palm Beach County from 2019 to 2022.
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. At age 33,she was the youngest person chosen by President Donald Trump for a lifetime judicial appointment.
Jamie Rutland Grosshans is a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
Andrew Alan Pinson is an American lawyer from Georgia who was appointed as an associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. He served as a judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2021 to 2022.
