Attorney Ben Boylston has announced his candidacy for Lake County Judge, in an election to take place in August of 2016.
“In our legal system, the role of judge carries awesome responsibilities – and it also offers a unique opportunity to make your community better,” Boylston remarked in an announcement video posted on Facebook and YouTube.
Boylston is seeking the Group 2 seat currently held by Judge Donna Miller, who is retiring and not seeking reelection. “As a lawyer, it has been an honor to practice in front of Judge Miller. Her compassion, hard work, and creativity have always been inspiring to me. If elected, I will have big shoes to fill,” Boylston said.
Boylston, 33, founded the law firm of Stuart, Mount, Bleakley, and Boylston in May of 2013 and works in the practice’s Tavares office. His career began while in law school at Florida State University, prosecuting cases in Monticello, a small town near Tallahassee. After graduating and passing the Bar exam in 2005 at the age of 23, he became an associate with the Tavares law firm of Graves & Spivey, P.A. He later worked at Stone & Gerken, P.A. in Mount Dora, practicing civil litigation, contracts, and municipal law.
“A judge has to be able to understand legal problems from all angles, and I believe my ten years of practice have prepared me well for this challenge – I have prosecuted and defended criminal cases, drafted contracts, filed lawsuits, and now have the special experience of being a small business owner,” Boylston said.
He is a graduate of Leadership Lake County, serves on the Florida Bar’s Grievance Committee for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, is on the board of directors for an animal welfare organization, L.E.A.S.H. Inc., and is the current vice-president of the Lake County Bar Association.
Boylston lives in Eustis with his German Shepherd, Ingrid. He moved to Lake County as an infant in 1982. His father, Richard W. “Red” Boylston, served as a Lake County Judge from 1989 until 2010.
For more information about the campaign, visit www.Boylston2016.com or www.Boylston2016.com/facebook.
