George LeMieux

George Stephen LeMieux is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Florida from 2009 to 2011. He was chairman of the Floridabased law firm of Gunster Yoakley amp Stewart and chief of staff to Governor Charlie Crist. He was the Deputy Florida Attorney General and is credited with spearheading Crists successful campaign for governor. On August 28, 2009, Crist announced he would appoint LeMieux as U.S. Senator to replace Mel Martnez, who weeks earlier had announced he would resign as soon as Crist announced his successor. On April 5, 2011, LeMieux formally announced that he would run against incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in 2012, but dropped out of the race in June 2012.

LeMieux was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the son of Karen Ann and George Harvey LeMieux, a building contractor and secretary to the company. He grew up in Coral Springs, Florida, and graduated in 1987 from Coral Springs High School. He enrolled at Emory University, where he majored in political science, served as Chapter President of the Beta Epsilon Chapter of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in 1991. He was Senior Orator that year. He went on to earn his J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. He interned for Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr. and U.S. Senator Connie Mack III. In 1994, he joined the law firm of Gunster Yoakley amp Stewart P.A. in its Fort Lauderdale office. LeMieux is an AVrated attorney, and is board certified in business litigation. He continued his practice there for eight years, at which time he left to work in Tallahassee with the Republican Party.

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