Judge, Fifth District Court of Appeal (Merit Retention) - Scott Makar
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Scott Makar
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Scott Makar has been a state appeals judge since 2012, first on the First District Court of Appeal and on the Fifth District since 2023. He was Florida's Solicitor General from 2007 to 2012.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Dissented when a 2-1 appeals panel sent Florida's congressional map case straight to the Florida Supreme Court, writing there was time for the normal appeal process.
October 1, 2014
Source: wusf.org
Was appointed to the First District Court of Appeal by Gov. Rick Scott, replacing a judge who resigned over the court's costly new courthouse.
February 6, 2012
Source: web.archive.org
As Florida's Solicitor General, argued for the state before the U.S. Supreme Court in Holland v. Florida, on whether a prisoner's late federal appeal could be excused because of his lawyer's failures.
March 1, 2010
Source: supremecourt.gov
As Florida's Solicitor General, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court for the state's environmental agency in Stop the Beach Renourishment, a dispute over beach restoration and waterfront property lines.
December 2, 2009
Source: supremecourt.gov
As Florida's Solicitor General, argued for the state before the U.S. Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida, a case on life-without-parole sentences for juveniles who did not kill anyone.
November 9, 2009
Source: supremecourt.gov
Sources: floridabar.org · 5dca.flcourts.gov