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Rio Vista’s

Judge Melanie May

Receives Distinguished

Service Award

udge Melanie G. May, (shown in center of photo) who
serves on the Fourth District Court of Appeal, has
Jreceived a National Center for State Courts
Distinguished Service Award. Judge May became a judge
in 1991, starting as a Broward County circuit court judge
in 1991 before moving to the DCA in 2001. She served
as chief judge of the appellate court from 2011 to 2013.
While on the circuit bench, she distinguished herself by
overseeing one of the nation’s first drug courts.
May serves on the Supreme Court Steering Committee on
Treatment-Based Drug Courts, and she served on the
Advisory Council to the Office of Drug Control since
1999. On a national level, Judge May served as a
member of the National Association of Drug Court
Professionals and on the Council of Chief Judges of
State Courts of Appeal, chairing numerous committees and
now serving as its president. She is pictured here with
Chief Justice Charles Canady and State Courts
Administrator PK Jameson.

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