John N.C. Ledbetter

John N.C. Ledbetter graduated with honors from the Florida State University College of Law in 1982.

As a prosecutor in Jacksonville, Florida, during the 1980's Ledbetter progressed from a county court assistant state attorney trying DUIs and domestic battery cases, to juvenile court and then to circuit court trying trafficking, armed robbery and other serious crimes. Ledbetter was appointed to the sexual battery division where he prosecuted crimes against children and other rape cases. Ledbetter's next assignment was felony division chief in charge of supervising all of the felony attorneys and investigators in his division (one of five full time criminal circuit courts in Jacksonville). In this role he handled high-profile cases including first degree murder, capital sexual battery and arson. He has tried approximately 100 jury trials and hundreds of bench trials.

Ledbetter moved on to private practice and developed a general practice including insurance defense, personal injury, as well as family law and criminal defense.

Ledbetter moved to Destin in 1995 and after a short sabbatical in journalism, where he was an award winning reporter and columnist for the Destin Log, as well as a former Excellence in Craft Award winner from the Florida Outdoor Writers Association, he worked with Matthews and Hawkins P.A. before starting Ledbetter and Associates, P.L.

Ledbetter is a third generation Floridian who grew up in Tampa, before moving with his family to Ohio where he graduated from Centerville High School. He attended college at Indiana University and the University of South Florida before attending law school at Florida State.

Ledbetter is married with three children and loves boating, fishing and golf.