Peggy Quince

Peggy Quince

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name=Peggy A. Quince


caption=Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice
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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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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. On July 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 Governor Lawton 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, Governor Buddy MacKay. Thus, three Governors were involved in Quince's appointment.Fact|date=October 2007

Quince attended Howard University as an undergraduate, and received her Juris Doctorate from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America in 1975. Justice Quince is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. [ [http://aka1908.com/news/qince_3/ Quince Elected Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court] . Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Retrieved March 19, 2008.]

External links

* [http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/justices/quince.shtml Florida Supreme Court page on Peggy A. Quince]

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