Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Florida, 1993
J.D., University of Florida, with honors, 1987
M.B.A., Finance, and M.A., Economics, University of Florida, 1982
B.S., Mathematics, Mercer University, magna cum laude, 1980

Scott D. Makar was appointed Solicitor General for the State of Florida by Attorney General Bill McCollum in February 2007. The position, first established in February 1999, is patterned in part after the U.S. Office of the Solicitor General, which conducts litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court and supervises the handling of litigation in federal appellate courts. The Solicitor General in Florida serves three primary roles: overseeing civil appeals involving the state’s interests in all state and federal appellate courts; teaching at the Florida State University College of Law where he holds the Richard W. Ervin Eminent Scholar Chair; and serving as a policy advisor to the Attorney General.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Makar was chief of the appellate division for the Office of General Counsel for the consolidated City of Jacksonville from 2001 to 2007. His practice involved appellate, constitutional and civil rights, election, local government, eminent domain, tort, procurement and education law matters as well as complex litigation for various city departments, agencies and independent authorities. He has more than 100 reported cases on a broad range of topics. Prior to working for the city, Mr. Makar was a capital partner in Holland & Knight, LLP.

Mr. Makar will teach the seminar "Florida, The Constitution, and the Supreme Court" at Florida State Law this fall, a course he previously taught at the Florida Coastal School of Law. He will teach “Topics in Appellate Law and Policy” in the spring.