The governor’s choice is Cory Chandler of Tampa.

“I would like to thank Governor DeSantis for his trust and confidence in me,” Chandler said. “I look forward to serving the citizens of Hillsborough County,” Chandler told the Daily Business Review Monday.

Chandler has worked as an attorney at Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci since 2008, where he focused on civil litigation and federal criminal defense. His firm notes Chandler obtained acquittal of a client on federal indictments in one of more than 60 civil and criminal jury trials.

The attorney has also represented some of the nation’s largest insurance companies in automobile, products liability and premises liability cases according, to the firm’s website.