Peggy Quince

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Peggy A. Quince
Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice
Born	1948[1] Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.[1]

Peggy A. Quince (born 1948) has been an Associate Justice of the Florida Supreme Court since 1999. She is the first African-American woman to sit on the state's highest Court and the third female Justice. From 1993 to 1997 she served as a judge on Florida's Second District Court of Appeal. On July 1, 2008, Quince will assume the role of Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.^[2]

Quince is the only Supreme Court Justice in Florida history to be appointed simultaneously by more than one Governor. Because her term began the exact moment that Governor-elect Jeb Bush assumed his office, in order to avoid potential future controversy over her appointment, Bush worked out a joint agreement with lame duck Governor Lawton Chiles whereby they both agreed upon and jointly announced Quince's appointment in December 1998. When Gov. Chiles died of a heart attack a few days later, the task of signing Quince's commission to office fell to Chiles' temporary successor, Governor Buddy MacKay. Thus, three Governors were involved in Quince's appointment.^{[citation needed]}

Quince attended Howard University as an undergraduate, and received her Juris Doctorate from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America in 1975. Justice Quince is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.^[3]

[edit] External links

• Florida Supreme Court page on Peggy A. Quince

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Florida Supreme Court Justice Profile of Peggy A. Quince. Florida Supreme Court. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
2. ^ Ash, Jim. "Quince to be Florida's first African-American female chief justice", Tallahassee Democrat, 2008-03-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 
3. ^ Quince Elected Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Retrieved March 19, 2008.