Angela Corey
| Angela Corey | |
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| State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
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In office 2010–2017 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Shorstein |
| Succeeded by | Melissa Nelson |
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October 31, 1954 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Florida State University University of Florida |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Angela Corey (born October 31, 1954) is the former Florida State's Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court, which includes Duval, Nassau and Clay counties—including Jacksonville and the core of its metropolitan area. The first woman to hold the position, she was elected in 2008, and defeated on August 30, 2016 by Melissa Nelson, the second ever woman to hold this position. Corey was catapulted into the national spotlight when on March 22, 2012, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that she would be the newly assigned State Attorney investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin (replacing State Attorney Norm Wolfinger).
On August 30, 2016, Corey lost her re-election primary to Republican challenger and former Nassau County prosecutor Melissa Nelson by almost 50,000 votes - a 38% margin.
The granddaughter of Syrian immigrants, Corey was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where she attended Englewood High School. Her parents are Tom Corey Jr. and Lorraine (Lewis) Corey. Her father's family owned the Corey Supermarket in Jacksonville, and her father became an executive at JEA in Jacksonville. After graduation, she majored in marketing at Florida State University before she decided to try a legal career. After receiving her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law, she did legal research while preparing for the Florida bar examination, then spent 18 months with Howell & Howell, PA (trial attorneys). She later became board certified in criminal trial law.
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