Fourth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Mark Mahon was re-elected Thursday by his peers on the bench to serve a two-year term beginning July 1 through June 30, 2021.
He graduated from Florida State University in 1978 with a degree in business and from Florida State University College of Law in 1981.
Mahon was an assistant state attorney from 1981 to 1984 when he joined the private practice of law with his father, Lacy Mahon Jr.
He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2000.
In 2007, Mahon left the private practice of law and the legislature after being appointed Circuit Court Judge by Gov. Charlie Crist.
Mahon was elected Chief Judge of the 4th Circuit beginning in January 2015.