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Renatha Francis
Justice, Florida Supreme Court
Background: Francis' career experience includes owning businesses, and working as an attorney with the firm Shutts & Bowen, LLP, and as an attorney and law clerk with the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
At a glance
- Court
- Florida Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) (August 5, 2022); retained by voters in a retention election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)
- Appointment date
- August 5, 2022
- Took office
- September 1, 2022
- Current term ends
- January 7, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of the West Indies
- Law: Florida Coastal School of Law
- Prior offices
- Florida 11th Circuit Court (Year left office: 2019)
- Florida 15th Circuit Court (Year left office: 2022)
- Miami-Dade County Court (Year left office: 2018)
- Profession
- Attorney
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (governor-controlled commission)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Renatha Francis’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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