Edward Scott

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
BP-Initials-UPDATED.png
Ballotpedia does not currently cover this office or maintain this page. Please contact us with any updates.
Edward Scott

Silhouette Placeholder Image.png


Prior offices
Florida 5th Circuit Court

Education

Graduate

Rollins College

Law

Cumberland University School of Law


Edward L. Scott was a judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court in Marion County, Florida. Scott retired from the bench on June 30, 2021.[1][2]

He was first elected to this position on November 7, 2006. He assumed office in January 2007. Scott was re-elected in 2012.[3][4][5]

Chief Judge Daniel B. Merritt appointed Scott as Marion County's administrative judge in July 2019 for a two-year term.[1]

Education

Scott earned an M.S. degree from Rollins College and a law degree from the Cumberland University School of Law.[6]

Career

Scott began his career as a police and sheriff's detective. He then spent 19 years as a lawyer prior to his election to the circuit court in 2006.[3]

Elections

2012

See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012

Scott was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[7]

Noteworthy cases

State of Florida ex rel. Jackson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. (2020)

See also: Lawsuits about state actions and policies in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

State of Florida ex rel. Jackson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.: On October 15, 2020, Judge Edward Scott, of Florida’s Marion County Circuit Court, declined to block President Donald Trump (R) from holding a campaign rally at the Ocala International Airport on October 16, 2020. Chanae Jackson, a Marion County resident whose two teenage children had been diagnosed with Covid-19, filed suit against Trump's campaign on October 14, 2020, arguing that "her family cannot afford to experience Covid-19 again." Jackson alleged that "Trump’s appearance while infected – in defiance of his own experts’ guidance – will embolden hundreds of his supporters to attend unmasked and undistanced." In his ruling, Scott found that Jackson had failed to meet the standard for issuance of an injunction, writing that "a prospective injury must be more than a remote possibility." Trump’s campaign did not comment on the lawsuit, and the event was scheduled to proceed as planned.[8][9]

External links

Footnotes