Florida state attorney willie meggs biography
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Leaving a 50-Year Legacy
When William N. “Willie” Meggs retires in December as state attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, he will have spent more than 40 years prosecuting cases for the office.
Meggs has been around courtrooms for even longer.
Florida state attorney willie meggs biography
He began his career in law enforcement, taking undergraduate classes at Florida State while working full time. After being promoted to detective and investigator, Meggs found himself testifying in court frequently.
“I was down at the courthouse regularly,” recalled Meggs.
“We spent a lot of time with grand juries, we spent a lot of time testifying at trials and those sorts of things. And I was watching the prosecutors, saying, ‘I could do that.’ But I had an impediment – I didn’t have a law degree.”
Meggs enrolled at the College of Law, painting parking lots to pay for classes.
He interned at the State Attorney’s Office while a student and spent many hours researching in their library, which translated into a job of