- Peggy Quince
Infobox Person
name=Peggy A. Quince
caption=Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice
image_size = 150
birth_date=1948
birth_place=Norfolk, Virginia , U.S.cite web |url=http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/justices/quince.shtml|title=Florida Supreme Court Justice Profile of Peggy A. Quince|publisher=Florida Supreme Court|accessdate=2007-10-12]
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death_place=Peggy A. Quince (born 1948) has been an Associate Justice of the
Florida Supreme Court since 1999. She is the first African-American woman to sit on the state's highest Court and the third female Justice. From 1993 to 1997 she served as a judge on Florida's Second District Court of Appeal. OnJuly 1 ,2008 , Quince assumed the office of Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, the first African-American woman to head any branch of Florida government. [cite news | first=Jim | last=Ash | coauthors= | title=Quince to be Florida's first African-American female chief justice | date=2008-03-15 | publisher= | url =http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803150343 | work =Tallahassee Democrat | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-19 | language = ]Quince is the only Supreme Court Justice in Florida history to be appointed simultaneously by more than one Governor. Because her term began the exact moment that Governor-elect
Jeb Bush assumed his office, in order to avoid potential future controversy over her appointment, Bush worked out a joint agreement with lame duck GovernorLawton Chiles whereby they both agreed upon and jointly announced Quince's appointment in December 1998. When Gov. Chiles died of a heart attack a few days later, the task of signing Quince's commission to office fell to Chiles' temporary successor, GovernorBuddy MacKay . Thus, three Governors were involved in Quince's appointment.Fact|date=October 2007Quince attended
Howard University as an undergraduate, and received herJuris Doctor ate from theColumbus School of Law atThe Catholic University of America in 1975. Justice Quince is a member ofAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority , Incorporated. [ [http://aka1908.com/news/qince_3/ Quince Elected Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court] . Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. RetrievedMarch 19 ,2008 .]External links
* [http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/justices/quince.shtml Florida Supreme Court page on Peggy A. Quince]
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