[2] Previously he was the Florida Solicitor General serving from 2007 until 2012 and in that position, argued five cases before the United States Supreme Court.

[4] Mr. Makar graduated from Mercer University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science double majoring in mathematics & economics, magna cum laude.

He was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court's Standard Jury Instructions Committee (Civil) and currently serves as its chair emeritus.

He served on the first Executive Council of the Florida Bar's Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section as a founding member.

He also held the Richard W. Ervin Eminent Scholar Chair in the Florida State University College of Law where he taught.

[5] Typically, a state's Solicitor General will only have a case before the US Supreme Court every other year; Makar argued Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeteria in 2007–2008, and nothing occurred in the 2008–2009 term.

In an interview, Makar claimed that the cashier of the cafeteria in the U.S. Supreme Court building saw him so often that she assumed he work there, and offered him the employee discount.

[8] On February 23, 2012, Makar revealed that he would leave the Attorney General's office on March 23, 2012, to occupy the bench as a judge in the Florida First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee.