Meredith Sasso | |
Office: | Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida |
Term Start: | May 25, 2023 |
Appointer: | Ron DeSantis |
Predecessor: | Ricky Polston |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal |
Appointer1: | Ron DeSantis |
Term Start1: | January 2023 |
Term End1: | May 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Dan Traver |
Birth Name: | Meredith Lee Barrios |
Children: | 2 |
Education: | University of Florida (BA, JD) |
Meredith L. Sasso (born 1982 or 1983)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida since May 2023. She was previously the chief judge on the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal.
Sasso is a Cuban American born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida.[2] [3] She graduated from Leon High School in 2001 and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in 2005. Sasso received a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2008. She worked as a lawyer in private practice working in large loss general liability and other topics. She was a guardian ad litem for abused or neglected children. Sasso was the chief deputy general counsel for Florida governor Rick Scott. Sasso is a member of the American Enterprise Institute's Leadership Network and the Federalist Society.
In January 2019, Sasso was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve as a judge on the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal. In January 2023, she was recommissioned to the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Florida. In May 2023, Ron DeSantis appointed Sasso to the Supreme Court of Florida, to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Ricky Polston.
Sasso is married to Michael Sasso, a lawyer who was appointed by Ron DeSantis to the board of supervisors of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in 2023.[4] She has two children.