Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet of the State of Florida recently recognized the retirement of Justice Alan Lawson, effective August 31. Justice Lawson began his career in private practice in 1987 specializing in civil litigation followed by a brief stint as general counsel for a corporation in 1996 and moving on to become an assistant county attorney for Orange County from 1997-2001. Justice Lawson had an impressive 21-year judicial career serving in the Orlando area from 2002-2005 as a Ninth Circuit judge and from 2006-2016 as a member of the Fifth District Court of Appeal before being appointed in 2016 by former Gov. Rick Scott as the 86th justice of the Florida Supreme Court. From the left are Attorney General Ashley Moody, Gov. DeSantis, Justice Lawson, CFO Jimmy Patronis, and Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried.

Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis recently presented Florida Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson a resolution honoring his service to the State of Florida.

Justice Lawson is retiring August 31, concluding a 21-year judicial career, six as a justice. Prior to his tenure on the Supreme Court, Lawson served 11 years on the Fifth District Court of Appeal, including a term as chief judge, and, four years as a circuit judge in the Ninth Circuit in Orange and Osceola counties.