JUDGE MELANIE G. MAY, center, who serves on the Fourth District Court of Appeal, received a National Center for State Courts Distinguished Service Award.

Caption: JUDGE MELANIE G. MAY, center, who serves on the Fourth District Court of Appeal, received a National Center for State Courts Distinguished Service Award. Judge May became a judge in 1991, starting as a circuit court judge in Broward County before moving to the DCA in 2001. She served as chief judge of the appellate court from 2011 to 2013. While on the circuit bench, she distinguished herself by overseeing one of the nation's first drug courts. May serves on the Supreme Court Steering Committee on Treatment-Based Drug Courts, and she served on the...