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R.J.
Larizza is a native of Jacksonville,
Fl where he graduated from Bishop
Kenny
High School.
He
attended Troy State
University
and obtained his BS degree in Criminal Justice
with a minor in English. Upon graduation he entered the workforce with the
Florida Department of Corrections, working with young probationers and parolees.
He stayed with the Florida Department of Corrections for almost 13 years and
attained the rank of Supervisor II at the time of his departure from the
Department in 1993. Most of his tenure with the Florida Department of
Corrections (10 years) was spent in the St. Augustine
/ St. Johns County Office.
In the summer of 1993 at the age of 35, R.J. left the Florida Department of
Corrections to pursue a law degree at Mercer
University’s Walter F. George,
School
of Law in Macon,
Georgia
and graduated in the top one third of his class
in May of 1996. While a student at the University, R.J. also worked as a Law Clerk
for the Houston County District Attorney’s Office in Perry,
Georgia. As
a Law Student, R.J. was on the Moot Court Board and Law Review for Mercer
University in addition to maintaining his rank in the class
and also served as Student Prosecutor during his law school career.
Upon graduation from The Walter F. George, School
of Law,
R.J. returned to St. Augustine where he
worked as an Assistant State Attorney with the State Attorney’s Office of the
Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. In
January 2003 after 61/2 years R.J. left the State Attorney’s Office to pursue a
private practice career. Following
his successful private practice endeavor, R.J. successfully ran for the office of
State Attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, the Office which he currently
holds.
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