Santo DiGangi

Judicial Assignment

County Civil Division RF, March 2024 - present 

Education

  • University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., 2009
  • University of Florida, B.A., 2006

Prior Work Experience

  • Critton, Luttier & Coleman, LLP, 2013-2024
  • Assistant State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 2011-2013
    • Assistant Chief of County Court, 2012-2013
  • Trial Court Law Clerk, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 2009-2011

Professional Experience

  •  The Florida Bar
    • Board of Governors, 2018-2020
    • Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors, 2015-2020
      • President, 2019-2020
    • Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, 2014-2020
    • Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee, 2020-present
      • Vice Chair, 2023-2024
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association
    • Bench Bar Chair, 2018
  • Craig S. Bernard Inns of Court
    • Foundation Committee, Co-Chair, 2016-2017
  • Florida Association for Women Lawyers
  • F. Malcolm Cunningham Bar Association
  • National Italian-American Bar Association

Community Associations

  • Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach
    • President, 2017-2018
  • SunFest
    • Board of Directors, 2023-present
    • Risk Management Committee
      • Vice-Chair, 2014-present
  • Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation
    • Board of Directors, Alumni Ex Officio Member, 2017-2018
  • Palm Beach County Personnel Appeals Board, 2023-2024
  • University of Florida Alumni Association
  • Florida Blue Key

Awards and Honors

  • Martindale-Hubbell, Peer Review Rating AV
  • SuperLawyers
  • SuperLawyers Rising Star
  • Florida Trend's Legal Elite Up & Comer
  • Best Lawyers in America
  • Avvo Rating: 10.0/10.0
  • Cancer Alliance of Help and Hope
    • Champion of Help and Hope Award, 2019
  • MADD - Prosecution Recognition of Excellence, 2012
  • University of Florida 40 Gators Under 40 Honoree, 2020

Miscellaneous

Judge DiGangi was born to immigrant parents and is a first generation Italian-American. He graduated from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach as a music major.