Candidate: Renee Torpy

https://torpy4judge.com/

Renee was born into a military family and her father’s last duty station was at Patrick Air Force Base. This is when Renee attended Satellite High School, fell in love with Brevard County, and decided this is where she wanted to stay.

Renee started at Brevard Community College through dual enrollment while attending Satellite High school. After graduation, she went on to the University of Central Florida and earned her Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies specializing in Criminal Law and Individual Liberties. With her love for law, she then commuted to Barry University School of Law and earned her Juris Doctorate and a High Honors Certificate in Trial Advocacy.

Renee began her legal career as an Assistant Public Defender and then transferred to become an Assistant State Attorney in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. During this time, she handled several hundred active cases from misdemeanors to felonies in both County and Circuit Court. In 2020, Renee became an Injunction for Protection attorney to focus on helping victims of domestic, dating, sexual violence, and stalking. Renee has conducted many criminal and civil trials during her legal career. Additionally, she has had law articles published in the Brazilian Journal of International Law and the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce.

Renee volunteers as the Chair for Brevard’s Domestic Violence Task Force in which she keeps law enforcement, advocates, and attorneys up to date on new case law and resources for victims. She also volunteered to be on the committee to help Melbourne City Ballet Theatre to market and raise funds to directly support two classical ballet Productions at the Maxwell King Center for the Performing Arts with the National Ballet Theatre of Ukraine.

Renee and her husband, Doug married in 2011. They have two amazing daughters and are excited for them to grow up in Brevard County as they did. On the weekends the family can be found enjoying everything the county has to offer from bioluminescence in the river to watching launches on the beach.