Judge Donna Padar was a prosecutor from 1993 to 2006 and specialized in prosecuting career criminals and crimes against children. She was elected to the Florida circuit bench in 2006. Since then, she has served as a judge in the Family, Civil, Probate & Guardianship, and Felony Divisions. She has presented as faculty at the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges, the Florida Judicial College, the College of Advanced Judicial Studies, and Judicial Faculty Training. She is a past Chair of Education for the Circuit Conference and is the current Dean of the College of Advanced Judicial Studies.