MIAMI, Fla. (WKRG) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday announced the appointment of two new justices to the Florida Supreme Court.
DeSantis appointed John Couriel, a Miami attorney with the firm Kobre & Kim, and Renatha Francis, a Palm Beach County circuit court judge, to the Florida Supreme Court.
DeSantis commended Couriel, a private attorney and Harvard graduate, for giving up a huge salary to be able to serve the public. Francis, DeSantis said, is the first Caribbean-American to serve on the Florida Supreme Court.
Couriel and Francis will former justices Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck on the Florida Supreme Court.