Renatha Francis

Renatha Sian Francis[3] (born 1977) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida since 2022.

She attended St Hugh's High School and the University of the West Indies, receiving a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in 2001.

[4] Francis worked briefly as a litigator at the law firm Shutts & Bowen in Miami before being appointed to the Miami-Dade County Court in 2017 by Governor Rick Scott.

On August 27, 2020, the Court ruled that Governor DeSantis exceeded his authority in appointing Judge Francis because she was not eligible.

On September 11, 2020, the Court granted Representative Thompson's petition and ordered Governor DeSantis to appoint someone else from the same list.

The court determined that Judge Francis was ineligible by the date the appointment was required to be made on March 23, 2020, the end of the 60-day period imposed by the state constitution.

[14] On August 5, 2022, Governor DeSantis announced Francis's new appointment to the Supreme Court of Florida, effective September 1, 2022.