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Jesse Michael Panuccio (born November 1, 1980) was the acting Associate Attorney General of the United States. He previously served as General Counsel to Florida Governor Rick Scott and as the executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
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- Franklin co deo economic diversification summit jesse panuccio address 3 11 13
- Justice Department Religious Liberty Summit Part 3
- Education
- Legal career
- Florida government service
- Department of Justice service
- References
Justice Department Religious Liberty Summit Part 3
Education
Panuccio received his bachelor's degree from Duke University. He graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 2006.
Legal career
Panuccio is a member of the Florida and District of Columbia bars. After graduating law school, Panuccio served as a law clerk to Judge Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Panuccio then practiced law with the Washington D.C.-based law firm Cooper & Kirk PLLC.
Florida government service
Panuccio joined the administration of Florida governor Rick Scott as deputy general counsel in January 2011. In 2012, Governor Scott appointed Panuccio general counsel to the governor. In those roles, Panuccio represented the governor and the state in several significant constitutional challenges, including challenges to drug testing of state employees and welfare recipients as well as a required state-worker pension contribution. He also advised the governor on judicial appointments and served as chief ethics officer for the Executive Office of the Governor.
In January 2013, Scott appointed Panuccio executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. At the time, Panuccio was 32 years old and was the youngest agency head in Florida government. During his tenure, Panuccio wrote an op-ed in the Miami Herald about the departments efforts to combat fraud in the unemployment insurance program, and an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal opposing the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed changes to its overtime rules. In December 2015, Panuccio announced his resignation, effective January 8, 2016.
On January 25, 2016, Governor Scott appointed Panuccio to the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.
Department of Justice service
In January 2017, Panuccio was named acting Associate Attorney General of the United States. The Associate Attorney General is the third highest ranking official at the Department of Justice, and oversees virtually all non-criminal matters.