Gov. Rick Scott (Republican), 2013

• Chairman, Florida Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission (formerly Unemployment Appeals Commission) · 2001–2013
• Partner & Associate, Crary Buchanan Law Firm · 1998–2001
• Labor & Employment Counsel, U.S. Dep’t of Commerce · 1997–1998
• Counsel to Vice Chair/Member of U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board · 1993–1997
• Lecturer (Employment Law), No. Virginia Law School · 1994
• Counsel to Administrator of Wage & Hour Administration, U.S. Dep’t of Labor · 1992
• Counsel to the Director, OFCCP, U.S. Dep’t of Labor · 1989–1991
• Counsel to the Chairman, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 1987–1989
• Staff Attorney, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Dep’t of Education · 1986–1987
• Editor, Nat’ Legal Center for Public Interest · 1986
• Law Clerk, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dep’t of Justice · 1984
• Special Assistant to President, U.S. Legal Services Corp. · 1983
• Confidential Assistant to Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dep’t of Justice · 1982
• Special Assistant to the Director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights · 1981

• PGA National Resort and Spa v. Lori Ginsburg (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 9, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a new trial because the judge wrongly treated a building code as requiring judicial notice.

• M.K., the Foster Mother, et al. v. Ellen Kaplan, Esq., Adoption Entity, and D.C., the Father (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 2, 2026 · Affirmed

  Upheld moving a child from a foster mother to a relative chosen by the father.

• In re Adoption of K.E. (R.P. v. R.P.L. and J.E.), corrected opinion (opens in a new tab)

  Aug 26, 2026 · Reversed

  Held adoption kinship is measured the traditional way, reviving a relative's adoption petition.

• Judge Alan O. Forst, Fourth District Court of Appeal (opens in a new tab)
•  · Governor Scott Appoints Alan Forst to the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Executive Office of the Governor, Mar. 7, 2013; archived) (opens in a new tab)

Gov. Rick Scott (Republican), 2013

• Chairman, Florida Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission (formerly Unemployment Appeals Commission) · 2001–2013
• Partner & Associate, Crary Buchanan Law Firm · 1998–2001
• Labor & Employment Counsel, U.S. Dep’t of Commerce · 1997–1998
• Counsel to Vice Chair/Member of U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board · 1993–1997
• Lecturer (Employment Law), No. Virginia Law School · 1994
• Counsel to Administrator of Wage & Hour Administration, U.S. Dep’t of Labor · 1992
• Counsel to the Director, OFCCP, U.S. Dep’t of Labor · 1989–1991
• Counsel to the Chairman, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 1987–1989
• Staff Attorney, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Dep’t of Education · 1986–1987
• Editor, Nat’ Legal Center for Public Interest · 1986
• Law Clerk, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dep’t of Justice · 1984
• Special Assistant to President, U.S. Legal Services Corp. · 1983
• Confidential Assistant to Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dep’t of Justice · 1982
• Special Assistant to the Director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights · 1981

• PGA National Resort and Spa v. Lori Ginsburg (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 9, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a new trial because the judge wrongly treated a building code as requiring judicial notice.

• M.K., the Foster Mother, et al. v. Ellen Kaplan, Esq., Adoption Entity, and D.C., the Father (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 2, 2026 · Affirmed

  Upheld moving a child from a foster mother to a relative chosen by the father.

• In re Adoption of K.E. (R.P. v. R.P.L. and J.E.), corrected opinion (opens in a new tab)

  Aug 26, 2026 · Reversed

  Held adoption kinship is measured the traditional way, reviving a relative's adoption petition.

• Judge Alan O. Forst, Fourth District Court of Appeal (opens in a new tab)
•  · Governor Scott Appoints Alan Forst to the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Executive Office of the Governor, Mar. 7, 2013; archived) (opens in a new tab)