18 Facts About Patt Maney

Thomas Patterson Maney was born on May 1948 and is an American politician.

Patt Maney served in the United States Army, retiring in 2007 with the rank of brigadier general.

Patt Maney has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020.

Patt Maney was one of seven children born to parents Charles Thomas Maney and Mary Bewlay Steele Maney.

Patt Maney completed his undergraduate education in 1970, and pursued legal studies at the University of Louisville School of Law.

Patt Maney formally joined the United States Army in 1970, and obtained his degree in law in 1974.

Patt Maney served during Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, as well as Operations Joint Guard and Joint Endeavor in Bosnia.

Patt Maney was injured by an improvised explosive device in August 2005, while in Afghanistan as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Patt Maney spent twenty months in recovery at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and subsequently ended his military career in April 2007, having served nearly 37 years in the army and advancing to the rank of brigadier general.

Patt Maney began his legal career in Louisville, Kentucky, then moved to Okaloosa County, Florida in 1975, and continued the practice of law in Fort Walton Beach.

Patt Maney practiced law for fifteen years prior to his appointment as a county judge in Florida's First Judicial Circuit for Okaloosa County in 1989.

In May 2007, Patt Maney tentatively resumed his judgeship, having recovered from wounds related to his tour of duty in Afghanistan.

On January 31,2016, Patt Maney became the longest-serving county or circuit judge to preside within the First Judicial Circuit.

Patt Maney retired from the bench in May 2018, the same month he turned seventy, Florida's mandatory retirement age for judges.

Patt Maney pre-qualified his candidacy for the 2020 Florida House of Representatives election with the Florida Division of Elections in October 2019.

Patt Maney finished first in a field of four candidates during a Republican Party primary, held on August 18,2020, to nominate a candidate for Florida's 4th House of Representatives district, a seat left open by Mel Ponder.

Patt Maney defeated Democratic Party candidate John Plante and write-in candidate Lance Lawrence in the general election.

Patt Maney was sworn in as a member of the Florida House of Representatives on November 17,2020.