Guy Spicola | |
Office: | Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida |
Term Start: | January 9, 1980 |
Term End: | 1997 Chief Judge: 1985-1988 |
Appointer: | Bob Graham[1] |
Office3: | City Prosecutor of Temple Terrace, Florida |
Term Start3: | 1963 |
Term End3: | 1965 |
1Namedata3: | George W. Fee[2] |
Office2: | Member of the Florida House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | November 15, 1966 |
Term End2: | November 19, 1974 |
Constituency2: | Hillsborough County (1966-1967) 64th district (1967-1969) 62nd district (1971) 69th district (1973-1974) |
Successor2: | George H. Sheldon[3] |
Predecessor2: | multi-member district |
State Senate1: | Florida |
District1: | 22nd |
Term Start1: | November 19, 1974 |
Term End1: | November 21, 1978 |
Predecessor1: | Louis A. de la Parte Jr. |
Successor1: | Malcolm E. Beard |
Birth Name: | Guy William Spicola[4] [5] |
Birth Date: | 27 February 1938 |
Birth Place: | Tampa, Florida |
Party: | Republican Democratic (until late 1970s) |
Occupation: | lawyer |
Spouse: | Georgie |
Children: | Brandon and Courtney |
Education: | University of Florida (BA, JD) |
Guy William "Butch" Spicola (born February 27, 1938) is an American lawyer, former judge and former politician from Florida.
Spicola was born in Tampa. An attorney, he attended the University of Florida, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1962.[6] From 1963 to 1965 he served as the City Prosecutor for Temple Terrace, Florida under Mayor George Fee.[7]
In 1966, he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives for the 64th district. He was redistricted to the 62nd district in 1971, and the 69th district in 1973. He was elected to the State Senate for the 22nd district in 1974 and served until 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party until the late 1970s when he switched to the Republican Party.[8] [9] He also served for the 36th district where he succeeded John R. Culbreath.
He was appointed a Circuit Judge in 1980 and served until 1997 when he became a partner in the law firm of Holland & Knight until 2002 when he opened his own practice in Tampa.
He is married to Georgie Blevens and they have two children.