Jones Day's Eliot Pedrosa appointed to Florida Third District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission

Eliot Pedrosa, a partner in Jones Day's Business & Tort Litigation Practice based in the Firm's Miami Office, was appointed to the Third District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for a term ending July 1, 2030. In this role, Mr. Pedrosa and his fellow commissioners will evaluate applicants for vacancies on the court and recommend qualified candidates to the governor for appointment.

Mr. Pedrosa is a first-chair trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience representing financial institutions, consumer products companies, and other businesses in complex litigation. His experience spans both products liability and commercial cases involving such diverse subjects as consumer protection, M&A, software licensing, broadcast media rights, wrongful death/personal injury, and international commercial transactions. Among his recent accomplishments, Mr. Pedrosa led Jones Day teams that successfully defended clients in separate class action cases including Citibank, Family Dollar, and Seminole Hard Rock Digital, securing dismissals of all claims.

Mr. Pedrosa also serves on Florida's Judicial Management Council, a 15-member panel that advises the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida on the administration of the judicial branch, and previously chaired the Florida Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission.