Judge Eric J. Eisnaugle

Before he became a judge, Eisnaugle had experience as an attorney and a politician. For the first 5 years of his career, he worked exclusively as an attorney.

In his time as an attorney, he argued 2 non-jury trials and 9 appellate cases to completion. He specialized in commercial litigation and appeal cases. He also handled complex tort cases and supported work on class action defense.

Before he was a practicing attorney, he clerked for a summer at Governor Jeb Bush’s General Counsel’s Office and for a summer at President George W. Bush’s General Counsel’s Office.

He paused his legal career for 2 years after being elected to the Florida House of Representatives. Then he started to work as Of Counsel for law firms while in public office. Some Representatives choose to supplement their income with other employment, because Florida's House of Representatives regular session is only 60 days each year with a salary of $29,697 (2016).

Eisnaugle held a political office as a Republican State Representative twice.

• 2014 - 2017: Florida House of Representatives, District 44. He won by 74.2% in a special election. In 2016, he ran for re-election unopposed. The same year, he lost an unofficial election among his peers for House Speaker. He left this seat vacant the next year when he was appointed to the 5th District Court of Appeal.
• 2008 - 2012: Florida House of Representatives, District 40. He was elected by 52.5%. In 2010 he was re-elected with 60.45% of the vote.

He is a former member of the the Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (2006-2010), as well as the National Rifle Association, the Republican Lawyers Association, and the Orange County Republican Executive Committee. He served as the Secretary for the Orlando Chapter of the Federalist Society (2006), President of the Orange County Young Republicans (2007 - 2008), and President of the Florida Southern College's Republicans Club (1997 - 1998). In 2022, he applied to the Supreme Court.

• Editorial: Voters should boot Judge Eric Eisnaugle, keep Judge Alan Lawson (Orlando Sentinel, 2018)
• Profile: The Record Journal of the Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar, 2017
• Editorial: Judge Pop Tart: Rep. Eisnaugle attacks judiciary for years, now named judge (Orlando Sentinel, 2017)
• Author: State House must aggressively reform concentration of power (Orlando Sentinel, 2015)
• Author: Medicaid is swallowing the state’s budget (The Florida Times-Union, 2015)

Political Career

• Editorial: Why Florida politicians fought a 6-year gun battle with doctors - one they knew they'd lose | Orlando Sentinel | June 2017 Refers to Eisnaugle's support to a bill that sought to imprison doctors who discussed gun safety with their patients.
• Article: Florida: Guardianship ‘Fix’ Heads To Governor’s Desk | Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship | April 2017 Eisnaugle expresses concerns for changes to Florida’s guardianship law.
• Article: House Approves Judicial Term Limits | Sunshine State News | March 2017 Eisnaugle voted against judicial term limits.
• Article: More Juvenile Justice Reform Bills Moving In Florida House | WUSF Public Media | March 2015 Only vote against expanding a program allowing law enforcement to choose to issue civil citations (instead of arrest) to a juvenile who admits to a misdemeanor.