C Alan Lawson

Professional career

• Judge, District Court of Appeal of Florida, 2006-present
• Justice, Florida Supreme Court (2016–2022), appointed by Governor Rick Scott after Justice James E. C. Perry’s retirement
• Charles Alan Lawson is an American attorney and jurist best known for his service as a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 2016 to 2022, and earlier as a judge on the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal
• The chief judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit between 2015 and 2016, before Gov.
• Judge, Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal (2005–2016), including Chief Judge (2015–2016)
• Judge on the Ninth Judicial Circuit from 2002 to 2005, and as a judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit from 2006 to 2016
• the assistant county attorney in Orange County (1997–2001)
• Began his legal career as an associate and partner at Steel Hector & Davis in Miami and Tallahassee (1987–1995), then held the role of general counsel for Verses Wear, Inc. (1996)
• experience includes working as an associate and partner at Steel, Hector, & Davis, a law firm, and as a general counsel for Verses Wear, Inc

Education

Additional information

• He was retained by voters in the 2018 retention election and retired on August 31, 2022
• Practitioner, 2005-2005
• He received the Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency Outstanding Jurist Award (2005) and other honors
• Associate of Arts (summa cum laude, 1981) from Tallahassee Community College, a B.S. (summa cum laude, 1983) from Clemson University, and a J.D. (Order of the Coif, summa cum laude, 1987) from Florida State University College of Law
• Born May 12, 1961, Lakeland, Florida.
• Rick Scott (R) appointed him to the Florida Supreme Court.
• During his tenure on the Fifth DCA, Lawson authored over 200 published opinions, including several highly cited cases such as Christian v.
• Birth place: Lakeland, Florida