Biography

Justice Peggy A. Quince is the first Black female Chief Justice (from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010), and also she has the distinction of being the first Black female appointed to both the Florida Supreme Court and one of the Florida district courts of appeal. Prior to serving in those positions, she was an assistant attorney general for the State of Florida, where she handled criminal appeals in the state and federal appellate courts. In her years as a lawyer and later as a judge, Quince has always shown a special interest in serving and protecting all the citizens of the State of Florida, but especially minority groups who are underserved. Quince received her bachelor of science degree in Zoology from Howard University and her juris doctor degree from The Catholic University of America.

She has been active in several legal and civic organizations including, most recently, The Florida Bar, The Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Tallahassee Women Lawyers, Tallahassee Banisters, and the Williams H. Stafford American Inn of Court. Chief Justice Quince was recognized as a pioneering woman in the law by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession with the 2006 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. On March 13, 2007, she was inducted in the Florida Women's Hall of Fame. Quince was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1948. She is married to Fred L. Buckine, attorney at law (retired), and they have two daughters, Peggy, a graduate of Florida A & M University, and Laura, a graduate of the University of Central Florida.

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Hon. Peggy A. Quince, A.B.A.: Previous Margaret Brent Women Law. Achievement Award Recipients,  https://perma.cc/V3C9-TMVP. See video of introduction and acceptance speech.