Casey Woolsey Reprimanded

Casey Woolsey, a 7th Judicial Circuit judge in St. Johns County, Florida, was publicly reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court after admitting her conduct was inappropriate and violated judicial canons. The Judicial Qualifications Commission's investigative panel found Woolsey approved a misleading social media post suggesting her campaign had raised $100,000 from contributors, when in fact $50,000 of that total came from a loan she personally made to her own campaign.

The Supreme Court's written reprimand was limited to this misleading campaign-finance disclosure; the court separately rejected a related allegation that Woolsey violated judicial canons by describing herself as "conservative" in a recorded campaign voicemail to voters, finding that description did not violate the conduct rules.