Craig McCarthy

| birth_place = New Jersey, U.S. | education = United States Military Academy (BS)
Florida State University (JD) | employer = Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | occupation = Judge | party = Republican | spouse = | children = 2 | awards = Army of Occupation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Parachutist Badge | signature = | signature_alt = | website = http://www.craigmccarthylaw.com/
http://craigmccarthy.com/ }}

Craig Alan McCarthy (born August 13, 1967) is a judge, lawyer, and politician from Florida. He moved to Florida in 1979, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1989, serving as a member of the Berlin Brigade until returning to the United States to attend law school at Florida State University College of Law. He has practiced many areas of law, eventually opening his own practice for primarily dependency law. He has been an attorney on multiple cases that have gained both national and international attention, including the Rifqa Bary case and the Sharlyn Singh case. He was elected to the Ochlockonee River Soil and Water Conservation District and ran for the Florida House of Representatives out of District 36 as a Republican. On June 1, 2021, he was appointed a general magistrate of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. On July 11, 2022, McCarthy was appointed to the bench as a Florida circuit court judge. Provided by Wikipedia