Peggy Quince was an associate justice of the seven-member Florida Supreme Court. She was first appointed to the court in the state's assisted appointment method of judicial selection on December 8, 1998, by the late Governor Lawton Chiles and then Governor-elect Jeb Bush. Quince was retained in 2006 and 2012. Quince retired January 7, 2019. Quince served as chief justice of the court from 2008 until 2010. She was the first African American woman to serve as chief justice of the supreme court. She was also the second African American and third female to serve on the court.
