Fawsett was in private practice in Orlando, Florida from 1973 to 1986.
[1] President Ronald Reagan nominated Fawsett to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on April 9, 1986, to the seat vacated by Judge John A. Reed Jr.. She was confirmed by the Senate on June 6, 1986, she received her commission three days later.
[1] Fawsett sentenced Keith Pound to 740 years in prison and Sholam Weiss to 845 years in prison after the two men were found guilty of multiple counts of financial crime, money-laundering, and a fraud scheme against National Heritage Life Insurance.
[2][3][4] She also sentenced Erin Sharma, a federal corrections officer who deliberately arranged to move an alleged inmate informant into the cell of a notoriously violent inmate, resulting in his fatal beating, to life in prison.
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