The Honorable George G. Angeliadis

Hon. George G. Angeliadis (Ret.) was a judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Hernando County. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Rick Scott in 2018, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Curtis J. Neal (Ret.). Angeliadis retired in January 2021.

During his judicial tenure, Angeliadis held an assignment in the Civil Division and has also presided over the Veterans Treatment Court, the Mental Health Court, the Drug Court, and Jimmy Ryce Act cases.

Prior to his appointment, he was a partner at the Hogan Law Firm, where he had practiced since 2008. At the firm, his client base included the Hernando County Clerk of the Court, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, the Fraternal Order of the Police, the Florida Association of State Troopers, the City of Crystal River, the Sumter County Board of County Commissioners, and the Sumter County Tax Collector.

Angeliadis also spent four years as an assistant state attorney with the Office of the State Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit.

He received a B.A. in finance from the University of South Florida in 1991. Angeliadis went on to complete a J.D. at South Texas College of Law Houston in 1996.

He was a past president of the Citrus-Hernando Inn of Court and the Hernando County Bar Association.

From a civic standpoint, Angeliadis was a member of the Brooksville Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club of Spring Hill, the Coastal Conservation Association, the Hernando County Sheriffs' Office Youth Education Services Foundation, and the First Hernando Youth Soccer Club, where he was a commissioner and coach.

He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, where his father worked as a steelworker, and his mother was a school teacher. After graduating from high school, Angeliadis moved with his family to Tarpon Springs, Florida. He and his wife, Stacey, have two children.

Following his retirement, Angeliadis joined the law firm of Lucas, Macyszyn & Dyer, where he handles personal injury, auto and motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, civil litigation, and criminal defense matters.