Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Judge Lori Winstead of Lakeland to fill an opening on the 10th Judicial Circuit Court.
Winstead, 41, has been a Polk County Court judge since 2019. She will succeed Judge Steven Selph, who retired this year, and will serve in the felony division.
Winstead, an Illinois native, earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida Southern College in 2005 and then a law degree from Barry University. She served as an Assistant State Attorney in the 13th Judicial Circuit from 2008 to 2019. That circuit is based in Hillsborough County.