ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain will serve as a judge on the Orange County Court, according to a release from Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday.
What You Need To Know
- Andrew Bain has been appointed as a judge to the Orange County Court
- The appointment comes after Bain lost the election for Orange-Osceola state attorney
- Bain previously served as a circuit court judge for the Ninth Judicial District
This appointment fills a vacancy in the court created by a state law revising the number of circuit and county court judges.
Bain was recently appointed as the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial District after DeSantis removed current State Attorney Monique Worrell.
In 2020, DeSantis appointed Bain to the Ninth Circuit judgeship. He won re-election in 2022, where his term as judge would have ended in 2029.
Bain previously served as an assistant state attorney in Orlando for the 9th Judicial Circuit from 2013 until 2020. As a trial attorney, he has served more than 40 first-chair bench and jury trials, according to his resume which is posted on his LinkedIn page.
A graduate of Florida A&M University, he earned a doctorate of law in 2013. He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and business law from the University of Miami in 2007.
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