Debra Little

Debra Little served in the U.S. Navy from 1995-2002. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and earned a Juris Doctor “law” degree from Shepard Board Law Center, Nova Southeastern in 2004. After graduating law school, she began her legal career locally at the Office of the Public Defender, First Judicial Circuit. Debra was an assistant public defender for one year until leaving for private practice. In 2013, Debra returned to full-time public service as an Assistant General Counsel for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. In 2016, Debra was promoted to General Counsel where she currently provides legal advice and counsel to the Sheriff, Sheriff’s Office command staff, and employees in a variety of legal areas, including (but not limited to) the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Sheriff; criminal law; constitutional law; public records law; and labor and employment law. Debra also conducts forfeiture litigation, reviews and drafts contracts and mutual aid agreements, and provides legal updates on case law and new legislation.

The General Counsel is not a legal advisor for the general public.