Commissioner Jessica E. Varn

Commissioner Jessica E. Varn was appointed by Governor Bush to the Public Employees Relations Commission in March 2002. She was reappointed in January 2006. Prior to joining PERC, Commissioner Varn was appointed by Governor Bush to the Second Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission in July 2000, was elected Vice-Chair of the Commission in July 2001, and elected Chair in January 2002.

After receiving her bachelor’s degree from The University of Puget Sound, Commissioner Varn graduated from Florida State University College of Law in 1995, and started working for a private firm in Tallahassee. She handled trial and appellate workers’ compensation cases. In 1997 she began clerking for Judge Anne C. Booth at the First District Court of Appeal. In the Fall of 1999 she joined the legal writing faculty at Florida State University College of Law. Commissioner Varn taught a first-year course, Legal Research and Writing I and II, and also taught an upperclass course, Spanish for Lawyers. While working for the law school she was also of counsel with a local firm, where she practiced only appellate law.