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Meredith L. Sasso (born 1982 or 1983)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida since May 2023. She was previously the chief judge on the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal.
Meredith Sasso | |
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida | |
Assumed office May 25, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Ron DeSantis |
Preceded by | Ricky Polston |
Chief Judge of the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal | |
In office January 2023 – May 2023 | |
Appointed by | Ron DeSantis |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Dan Traver |
Personal details | |
Born | Meredith Lee Barrios February 15, 1983 |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Florida (BA, JD) |
Sasso is a Cuban American born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida.[2][3] She graduated from Leon High School in 2001 and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in 2005.[2] Sasso received a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2008.[3] She worked as a lawyer in private practice working in large loss general liability and other topics.[3] She was a guardian ad litem for abused or neglected children.[2] Sasso was the chief deputy general counsel for Florida governor Rick Scott.[3] Sasso is a member of the American Enterprise Institute's Leadership Network and the Federalist Society.[2]
In January 2019, Sasso was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve as a judge on the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal.[2][3] In January 2023, she was recommissioned to the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Florida.[2][3] In May 2023, Ron DeSantis appointed Sasso to the Supreme Court of Florida, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Ricky Polston.[3]
Sasso is married to Michael Sasso, a lawyer who was appointed by Ron DeSantis to the board of supervisors of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in 2023.[4] She has two children.[2]
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