1. Scott Douglas Makar was born on October 15,1959 and is an American lawyer, college professor and Judge on Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal, recommissioned from the First District Court of Appeal on January 1,2023 by Governor Ron DeSantis.
Scott Makar was born on October 15,1959, and his family moved to Holmes Beach, Florida in 1969.
Mr Scott Makar was founder and Editor-in-Chief of the University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy.
Scott Makar was a member of the university of Florida Law Review and received the Gertrude Brick Award.
Scott Makar clerked for Judge Thomas Alonzo Clark on the Eleventh Circuit of the United States courts of appeals, and at the Antitrust Division for the United States Department of Justice, among others.
Scott Makar has taught law courses at the University of Florida, Florida Coastal School of Law, University of North Florida and Jacksonville University.
Scott Makar was admitted to the Florida Bar on October 9,1987.
Scott Makar was hired as chief of the appellate division in the Office of General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville.
Scott Makar has written law reviews and law journal articles on a broad range of topics, many of which have been cited by commentators and courts, with several garnering legal writing awards.
Scott Makar was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court's Standard Jury Instructions Committee and currently serves as its chair emeritus.
Scott Makar served on the first Executive Council of the Florida Bar's Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section as a founding member.
Scott Makar chaired the Appellate Practice Section of the Jacksonville Bar Association from 2001 to 2002.
Scott Makar was appointed as Florida Solicitor General by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on February 13,2007.
Scott Makar retained Makar in the position, and he served as one of her senior advisers.
Scott Makar held the Richard W Ervin Eminent Scholar Chair in the Florida State University College of Law where he taught.
On February 6,2012, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that he appointed Scott Makar to replace Paul Hawkes, who resigned over funding questions in the new First DCA "Taj Mahal" Courthouse.
On February 23,2012, Scott Makar revealed that he would leave the Attorney General's office on March 23,2012, to occupy the bench as a judge in the Florida First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee.
Scott Makar was recommissioned to Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal on January 1,2023 by Governor Ron DeSantis.
Scott Makar's wife is a professor at Florida Coastal School of Law and 1984 Olympic Gold medalist in swimming.