James Nealis was appointed Duval County judge Oct. 18 by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A resident of North Jacksonville, he was an assistant state attorney in the 7th Judicial Circuit since 2015 and the drug unit prosecutor for St. Johns County.
Nealis received a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, his J.D. from Regent Law School in 2008 and a master’s of studies in environmental law in 2009 from Vermont Law School.
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