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Biography
Laurel Moore Lee is an American judge currently serving as the Secretary of State of Florida, in office since January 2019. Prior to her appointment by Governor Ron DeSantis, Lee served as a judge for Florida's Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.
Legal career
Lee began her legal career as an attorney for the Carlton Fields law firm in 2003 before becoming an assistant public defender in 2005. Lee also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida from 2007 until her appointment by then-Governor Rick Scott to a judgeship on the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in 2013. She was unopposed for election to a full six-year term in 2014.
Florida Secretary of State
Lee was appointed Florida Secretary of State by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 28, 2019, replacing Michael Ertel, who resigned after less than a month in office when a 2005 photo of him wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume as a Hurricane Katrina victim surfaced.
