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GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT APPOINTS SCOTT THOMAS TO JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR FIFTH DISTRICT COURT

November 04, 2015

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Governor Rick announced twenty-six appointments to eleven Judicial Nominating Commissions for Florida.  Of the twenty-six appointments, three appointments were made to the Fifth District Court of Appeals.  M. Scott Thomas, a shareholder with Rogers Towers, P.A., was appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the Florida Bar for a four year term starting October 22, 2015, and ending July 1, 2019.  As a long standing resident of St. Johns County, Mr. Thomas has served as a member of the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and an executive committee member of the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce and is the current Chairman of the Florida Elections Commission.

Rogers Towers, P. A., founded in Jacksonville in 1905, is Northeast Florida's largest law firm with offices in Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Amelia Island, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fort Myers, Boca Raton and Orlando, Florida. The firm provides counseling and legal services in the areas of: Banking and Financial; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate; Labor and Employment; Environmental; Eminent Domain; Elder Law; Family Law; Health Law; Immigration; Intellectual Property; Land Use; Public Finance; Real Estate; Taxation; Transportation and Logistics; Trusts and Estates; and Wills. www.rtlaw.com

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