Staff Reports
Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday named local-government and land-use attorney Lauralee Westine to replace retiring Judge Bruce Boyer on the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court.
Westine, 45, of Palm Harbor, concentrates on zoning and permitting for cell towers and other towers through the Law Office of Lauralee G. Westine, according to her practice’s website.
She has worked in private practice since 2000, the Governor’s Office said. Earlier, she was a prosecutor in the Sixth Circuit, which includes Pinellas and Pasco counties.
Westine is married to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.
She holds master’s and law degrees from Stetson University.
Boyer, first elected in 1991, was running into the mandatory retirement age for judges — 70.
