Governor names replacements for retired judges

SARASOTA — Gov. Ron DeSantis has filled two local judgeships.

He appointed Ryan Felix, of Sarasota, to serve on the 12th Judicial Circuit Court and Kennedy Legler, of Sarasota, to serve on the Sarasota County Court, a news release states.

Felix has served as been a county court judge since May and previously was an assistant state attorney for the 12th Judicial Circuit.

He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and his juris doctorate from the University of Cincinnati.

Felix fills the judicial vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Charles Roberts, who had been on the bench since 2003.

Legler has been an assistant state attorney for the 12th Judicial Circuit since 2011. His bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate are both from Stetson University.

He fills the judicial vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Phyllis Galen, who had been a judge since 2005.