Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Choose Meredith Sasso to Florida Supreme Court docket

fourth girl and fourth Hispanic justice DeSantis has appointed since taking workplace

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Choose Meredith Sasso to the Florida Supreme Court docket. Choose Sasso is at present the Chief Choose on the Florida Sixth District Court docket of Enchantment in Lakeland.

She is the fourth girl and, as a Cuban-American, the fourth Hispanic justice Governor DeSantis has appointed to the excessive courtroom since taking workplace in 2019. She is the seventh girl to serve on the Florida Supreme Court docket.

With this appointment, three girls shall be sitting on the Florida Supreme Court docket concurrently for the primary time in Florida historical past.

“I’m proud to nominate Choose Meredith Sasso to the Florida Supreme Court docket as a result of her constancy to the Structure will assist protect freedom in our state for generations to come back,” stated Governor Ron DeSantis. “As a Cuban-American girl who understands the significance of our constitutional system and the rule of legislation, Choose Sasso will serve our state effectively.”

“I’m extremely honored that Governor Ron DeSantis is entrusting me with this place,” stated Choose Meredith Sasso. “The judiciary performs a crucial and distinctive position in our constitutional authorities, and I’m resolutely dedicated to upholding the rule of legislation for so long as I’m privileged to serve.”

Choose Sasso obtained her undergraduate diploma from the College of Florida in 2005 and her legislation diploma from the College of Florida in 2008, the place she was a member of the Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court docket Board.

Choose Sasso started her profession in non-public follow, representing purchasers in giant loss normal legal responsibility, auto negligence, and sophisticated business claims in state and federal courts at trial and on attraction. She additionally served as a guardian advert litem, representing abused or uncared for kids. Previous to serving on the courtroom, Choose Sasso served as Chief Deputy Normal Counsel for Governor Rick Scott.

On this position, she represented the Governor’s Workplace in litigation earlier than the Florida Supreme Court docket, the First District Court docket of Enchantment, and state and federal trial courts, amongst different duties.

In January 2019, she was appointed to the Fifth District Court docket of Enchantment. Choose Sasso was recommissioned to the Sixth District Court docket of Enchantment from the Fifth District on January 1, 2023, by Governor DeSantis.

Choose Sasso was raised in Tallahassee, Florida, and is married with two kids.

She at present serves as an appointed member of the Florida Bar Appellate Court docket Guidelines Committee. She can be a member of the American Enterprise Institute Management Community and the Federalist Society.