Alison Preston-currently a Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Florida Attorney General-will join Creed & Gowdy as an appellate attorney in June 2025. Ms. Preston has litigated cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, federal district courts, the Florida Supreme Court, and Florida's district courts of appeal. She has orally argued in the Eleventh Circuit and in four of the six district courts of appeal. Previously, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Charles R. Wilson, Circuit Judge, on the Eleventh Circuit, and to multiple judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims. Ms. Preston also has experience as a trial attorney for the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Shareholders Rebecca Creed and Bryan Gowdy commented:

We are delighted to have Alison join us.  She is a talented appellate attorney who will do an exemplary job for our clients. Her clerkship and federal experience fit our firm perfectly. Our attorneys include four who clerked at the Eleventh Circuit, two who clerked for federal district judges, and two who clerked at a Florida appellate court. Alison's addition means that our clients will continue to receive the highest quality of legal representation.