Flagler County Court Judge D. Melissa Distler was elected to the bench in 2013. She earned her undergraduate degree from Florida Atlantic University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. She was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1998 and previously served as an Assistant State Attorney before entering private practice. She is board-certified in criminal trial law and currently hears criminal and juvenile delinquency cases at the Kim C. Hammond Justice Center in Bunnell.

Judge Distler also serves as President of the Conference of County Court Judges of Florida and is a faculty member at the Florida Judicial College, the Traffic Adjudication Lab, and other judicial education conferences.

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