Jamie Grosshans

Jamie Rutland Grosshans is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.

Jamie Grosshans
Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office September 14, 2020
Appointed by	Ron DeSantis
Preceded by	Robert J. Luck
Judge of the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal
In office August 31, 2018 – September 15, 2020
Appointed by	Rick Scott
Preceded by	William D. Palmer
Succeeded by	Mary Alice Nardella
Judge of the Orange County Court
In office August 7, 2017 – August 31, 2018
Appointed by	Rick Scott
Preceded by	Tanya D. Wilson
Succeeded by	Carly Wish
Personal details
Children	3[1]
Education	Thomas Edison State College (BA) University of Mississippi School of Law (JD)

Early life and career

Grosshans graduated cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law. During law school, she clerked for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C., and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi. Following admittance to The Florida Bar, she served as an Assistant State Attorney for Orange County, Florida in both the misdemeanor and felony divisions where she tried numerous criminal jury trials.

Grosshans later founded her own law firm where she focused on family law and criminal defense matters for nearly ten years. In her family law practice, Grosshans represented individuals in dissolution of marriage, child support and paternity matters, modifications, adoptions and other domestic issues. She also served as a Guardian ad Litem in domestic cases and dependency court.[2]

In her criminal defense practice, she represented individuals charged with misdemeanors and felonies as well as juvenile delinquency, violation of probation and injunction matters. During this time she also served as an Adjunct Professor at Valencia College where she taught Hospitality Law for the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program for seven years.

Grosshans has been an active member of the Orange County Bar Association, the Central Florida Association of Women Lawyers, and the George C. Young Inns of Court. She regularly speaks to lawyers and law students on topics such as challenges in the practice of law, the role of judges, criminal law, and family law.[2]

In 2011, she worked for Operation Outcry in Orlando, Florida "in helping a 16-year-old girl whose parents were trying to force her into having an abortion."[3]

Grosshans is a member of the Christian Legal Society and a Blackstone Fellow of the Alliance Defending Freedom, which has been designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-LGBTQ hate group.[3][4]

State Supreme Court

Grosshans was appointed to the Supreme Court of Florida on September 14, 2020 by Ron DeSantis. Previously she was appointed to the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal in 2018 by Rick Scott. Prior to her appointment to the appellate court, she served as an Orange County Court Judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida where she presided over criminal and civil matters.[2]

Personal life

Grosshans is married to Joshua D. Grosshans.[3][5] Justice Grosshans and her husband have three children.[2]

References

1. https://www.5dca.org/Judges/Judge-Jamie-R.-Grosshans
2. https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/Justices/Justice-Jamie-R.-Grosshans
3. Mary Ellen Klas and Kirby Wilson (2020-09-16). "DeSantis' appointee to Florida Supreme Court belongs to Christian group using law to 'spread the Gospel'". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
4. "Alliance Defending Freedom". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
5. "Joshua D. Grosshans, Litigation Partner". Retrieved 2020-09-16.

External links

• Jamie Grosshans at Ballotpedia