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• State native now Florida's Chief Justice

  By Chris Dickerson | Thursday, Jul 6, 2006 @ 2:30am

  R. Fred Lewis, Florida's new chief justice, is a native of West Virginia. He grew up in Raleigh County. He's shown here with his fellow Florida Supreme Court justices. TALLAHASSEE - West Virginia native R. Fred Lewis began his two-year term as Florida's chief justice with an open invitation to "come share with us your vision of justice."

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