The Broward County Commission has unanimously voted to appoint Jamaican-American attorney Annika Ashton as the next Broward County Attorney, marking a significant milestone for Caribbean representation in one of Florida’s largest counties.
The appointment, made on March 26, 2026, followed a motion by Mark Bogen, Mayor of Broward County, and Commissioner Lamar Fisher. Ashton will officially assume the role on September 10, 2026, after the retirement of current Broward County Attorney Andrew Meyers.
A native of Jamaica and Broward County, Ashton currently serves as Deputy County Attorney, where she leads the County Attorney’s Office of Finance, Real Property, and Housing practice group. In this role, she provides legal services related to the management of real property, structuring financial transactions for ongoing capital bond issuances and other financing arrangements, and supporting affordable housing programs.
She also serves as counsel to several county agencies, including the Office of Management and Budget, Finance and Administrative Services Department, the Real Property Section, and the Housing Finance Authority.
Before joining the County Attorney’s Office, Ashton served as a law clerk for Adalberto Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She later practiced in the Real Estate and Labor and Employment practice groups of international law firms in New York and Miami.
Ashton has also been active in professional legal organizations. She is a member of Class I of the Florida Bar Leadership Academy, a past president of the Caribbean Bar Association, and a former member of the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors. She has also served on numerous Florida Bar committees.
A proud graduate of Boyd Anderson High School, Princeton University, and Columbia Law School, Ashton earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where she served as editor-in-chief of the National Black Law Journal.
She is admitted to practice law in Florida and New York, as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida.
Ashton currently resides in Coral Springs and will take on her new role later this year as one of the top legal officials in Broward County government.
