Former Florida Supreme Court  Justice Raoul Cantero has been hired to represent the court’s Judicial Nominating Commission in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Rick Scott’s authority to appoint the next three justices.

Cantero, who served on the court from 2002 to 2008, is a partner at White & Case in Miami, leads the office’s disputes practice and serves as the firm’s global executive partner for diversity. He was the court’s first justice of Hispanic descent.