Candidate: Laura Roth

Current Clerk of the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Laura Roth, earned her bachelor's degree from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and her law degree from the University of Arizona. She became the Volusia County Clerk's office first in-house legal counsel in 2004, and was appointed the Chief Deputy Clerk, the lead administrator, in 2011. Laura ran for office and became the Clerk of Court for Volusia County in 2016. She resides in DeLand with her husband, Doug.

As Clerk, Laura has pursued money-saving process efficiencies, technology innovations, and customer experience improvements. Since being elected, some of her office's achievements include: a lower collection fee on delinquent financial obligations, the introduction of a survey system to increase customer feedback, development of a new Official Records recording system, and the implementation of a free service to alert Volusia County residents to possible land-related record fraud. The Clerk's office motivating philosophy is "We Love Helping People." Visit Clerk.org

• Volusia County Law Library Board of Directors, Treasurer
• Volusia County Bar Association, Member
• Volusia/Flagler Association of Women Lawyers, Member
• Florida Bar Association, Member
• Florida Supreme Court Steering Committee on Families and Children, Member
• Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms Advisory Workgroup, Member
• Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, Executive Council, Member
• Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, Legislative Committee, Member
• Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Best Practice Committee, Chair
• Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Strategic Technology Committee, Member
• Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Legislative Committee, Member
• Rotary Club of DeLand, Member and Honorary Paul Harris Fellow
• DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce, Member
• Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, Member
• Recipient, “Community Legacy: Justice Is Blind Award,” DeLand Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, 2020
• Recipient, “Exceptional Community Partner Award,” Spring Hill Neighborhood Association, Inc., 2017
• Guardian ad Litem Program, Volunteer, 2005-2010
• Public Interest Law Organization, University of Arizona Chapter, President, 2001-2002
• Order of the Coif, 2003
• Graduate, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, 2003
• Graduate, Eckerd College, Florida, Bachelor’s Degree, Highest Honors, 1998