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A Conversation with Florida Solicitor General David Dewhirst
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Oct 21 2026
Wednesday 5:30 p.m. EDT    

A Conversation with Florida Solicitor General David Dewhirst

Orlando Lawyer Chapter

Citrus Club
255 S Orange Ave Ste 1800
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Jan 29 2027
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2027 Florida Chapters Conference

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A Conversation with Ron DeSantis’s General Counsel, David Axelman
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A Conversation with Ron DeSantis’s General Counsel, David Axelman

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Orlando, FL 32801
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David Dewhirst

David Dewhirst

Solicitor General, State of Florida

Biography
David Dewhirst is the Solicitor General of Florida.  Before this, he served as Chief Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Staff to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. 

Previously, David served as Senior Advisor to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Idaho, and Solicitor General of Montana.

As an appointee of President Donald J. Trump, David served as the Principal Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he advised the Secretary on legal and policy matters implicating every corner of Commerce’s broad mandate. In this role, David worked closely with the White House to advance the President's agenda, and managed the Department’s expansive litigation portfolio. He also defended Department officials in Congressional investigations, and served as Commerce’s Regulatory Reform Officer and Chief Environmental Review Permitting Officer.

David clerked for Judge Lawrence VanDyke on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and helped create and lead the public interest litigation group at the Freedom Foundation, where he litigated constitutional, labor, and campaign finance cases before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

David received his B.A. from Western Kentucky University. After a year teaching overseas, David earned his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where he served as symposium editor for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and President of the Federalist Society.

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David Axelman

David Axelman

General Counsel, Office of the Governor, State of Florida

Biography

As General Counsel to Governor DeSantis, David manages the legal operations of the Governor’s office. This includes advising on a broad variety of state and federal law issues, formulating litigation strategy for significant cases involving the Executive Branch, providing legal guidance and oversight to the state agencies that report to the Governor, and recommending candidates for judicial appointments, among numerous other responsibilities.

David previously served as General Counsel to the Florida House of Representatives, where he advised House leadership on constitutional and other legal matters and represented the House's interests in litigation. He was also General Counsel to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, where he managed the legal operations of Florida’s primary business regulatory agency. Prior to joining the Department, David practiced commercial litigation at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in Miami. He received his law degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami, where he served as president of the Federalist Society’s student chapter.

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