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Darryl Rouson's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

212 Senate Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

535 Central Avenue
Suite 302
Saint Petersburg, FL 33701

Full Name:

Darryl Ervin Rouson

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Angela; 9 Children: Antonio, Shkeisha, Danielle, Giselle, Evan, Daniel, Emanuel, Jared, Aaron

Birth Date:

07/20/1954

Birth Place:

New Orleans, LA

Home City:

Saint Petersburg, FL

JD, University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 1977-1980

BA, Xavier University of Louisiana, 1973-1977

Senator, Florida State Senate, District 16, 2022-present

Senator, Florida State Senate, District 19, 2016-2022

Candidate, Florida State Senate, District 19, 2022

Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, District 70, 2008-2016

Minority Leader, Florida State House of Representatives, 2013

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K-12 Education, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Banking and Insurance Committee, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Business & Professions Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Criminal Justice Committee, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Health Policy Committee, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Legislative Budget Commission, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Redistricting Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Regulatory Affairs Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Senate Redistricting Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Business and Consumer Affairs, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Florida State Senate

Former Chair, Substance Abuse and Addictions Task Force, National Bar Association

Former Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, Florida State Senate

Attorney, Dolman Law Group, 2013-present

Former Attorney, Morgan and Morgan Professional Association (PA)

Former Prosecutor, Pinellas County

Member, Legatus, present

Former President, Fred Minnis Bar Association

Member, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Former Board Member, Saint Petersburg Catholic High School

Former Member, Transition Team of Governor Charlie Crist

Commissioner, Tax and Budget Reform Commission, 2007-2008

President, National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP), 2000-2005

Awards:

Florida Partners in Crisis, Legislative Leadership Award, 2012;

Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, Legislator of the Year, 2010, 2011;

PACE Center of Pinellas, Legislator of the Year, 2011;

University of South Florida - St. Petersburg, Chancellor's Award for Civic Leadership, 2010;

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