Georgia Cappleman

Georgia Cappleman will teach Juvenile Justice: Skills Practice this semester. She is a 2002 graduate of the FSU College of Law and has been an assistant state attorney for more than 17 years. She currently serves as the chief of Felony Division D. She served under the Honorable Willie Meggs as chief assistant state attorney from 2009-2017. She has handled more than 150 jury trials, including death penalty cases and many cases involving violence against women and children. Cappleman has lectured on multiple topics, including the death penalty, sexual assault and domestic violence. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Refuge House, which is an organization that provides emergency shelter, counseling and other resources to survivors of domestic and sexual violence in the Big Bend Area. She also chairs the local Regional Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Group. Cappleman has coached the FSU Law Trial Team for several years and led the 2015 team to a win at the National Criminal Trial Advocacy Competition.