Retired or Appointed Elsewhere
Expected Retirement
Judge, 6th District Court of Appeal. Appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis.
Circuit Judge, 9th Judicial Circuit Court. Appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis.* She was unopposed in the 2022 election.
* Appointed instead of running for election because of a vacancy between election cycles.
Before she became a judge, Brownlee had about 12 years of experience as an attorney. In that time, she argued 2 non-jury trials and 3 cases for administrative bodies (government agencies) to completion. She has handled over 50 state and federal appellate cases. For the first 5 years, she specialized in criminal and civil appellate litigation. She then began handling post-conviction matters, including defedents sentenced to death. She was an attorney and partner at The Brownlee Law Firm for 2 years before being appointed as a judge. She has also been hired by other attorneys to review evidence, research, and write motions.
Before that, she was a legal intern for 8 months at Florida State University College of Law Public Interest Law Center.
This judge is a member of the Federalist Society.
This judge is a textualist, who uses an interpretation of the Constitution that is advocated by the Federalist Society.
Brownlee has served as commissioner on the Judicial Nominating Commissions for both the Ninth Judicial Circuit and the Fifth District Court of Appeal.
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