DuBose Ausley

DuBose Ausley is a former Chairman of Ausley McMullen. He practices in corporate law, government, litigation and wills and trusts. He is also Director of TECO Energy, Inc, and Director of Capital City Bank Group of Tallahassee, and former member of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Board of Directors, Chairman of the Florida Commission on Ethics, and Chairman of the Florida Board of Regents. Awards and Honors Honors Fellow, American Bar Foundation Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow, American Judicature Society Fellow, American Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society Outstanding Young Man, 1968 (Distinguished Service Award) Florida A&M University Outstanding Leadership and Service Award, 1985 Florida State University Honorary Alumni Award 1988 Florida A & M University Distinguished Service Award 1988 Distinguished Eagle Scout, 1990 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Washington and Lee University, 1992 Florida State University Circle of Gold Award, 1993 Distinguished Service Award 1996, Florida Association of Colleges and Universities Florida State University Faculty Senate Torch Award, 1999 Leon High School Football Hall of Fame Leadership Tallahassee Lifetime Leadership Award, 2007 United Way of the Big Bend Legacy Award, 2022 The Best Lawyers in America - Commercial Litigation, 2024

• Shareholder

• United States Army Reserve, Captain

• Florida, 1963
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida

• Tallahassee Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Chairman, United States Circuit Judge Nominating Commission, Eastern Fifth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit, 1977-1981
• Second Judicial Circuit of Florida Nominating Commission, 1972-1978; Chairman 1976-1978
• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 1977-1978
• Board of Regents, State University System of Florida, 1978-1994: Chairman, 1981- 1983
• Chairman, Florida Commission on Ethics, 1977-1978
• Former Director and Member, Florida Council of 100
• Former Chairman, Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, United Way of the Big Bend
• Florida Council of l00, Member, former director
• Florida State Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 1972 to 1990
• Orange Bowl Committee, State Director (1972 to present)
• Florida State University Foundation, former director
• Tallahassee Area Chamber of Commerce, President, 1970
• Leon County United Fund, President and Drive Chairman, 1967, 1968
• Chairman, United Negro College North Florida Drive 1988
• Chairman, Urban League Sunday 1988 and former Board member
• Honorary Chairman, NAACP Freedom Fund, 1992
• Workforce Development Board (Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden counties), member 1995-2001
• Community Foundation of North Florida, Board of Directors, 1998-2001
• Board of Regents, State University System of Florida, 1978, 1994 (Chairman 1981, 1982)
• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 1977, 1978
• Chairman, State of Florida Commission on Ethics, 1976, 1977 (member 1976-78)
• Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jacksonville Branch, 1975, 1980
• Chairman, United States Circuit Judge Nominating Commission, Eastern 5th Circuit (11th Circuit), 1976-81
• Chairman, Judicial Nominating Commission, 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1976-78 (member 1972-1978)
• Vice Chairman, Education Committee, Governor's Commission for Government by the People (1990-1994)
• Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for Florida (1993-1994) (2008-2009, 2015-2017, 2017-2019)
• Board of Trustees, Washington and Lee University (1993-2003)
• Board of Trustees, Florida State University Foundation (1974-1992)
• Governor's Commission on Education (1996-1998)
• Board of Trustees, University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc. (2003 -2006)
• Florida State University College of Medicine Dean’s Advisory Council (2004-present)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Delta Phi