Judge Rachael Spring Loukonen was appointed to the Twentieth Circuit Court by Governor Ron DeSantis. She began her service on February 10, 2025, and is assigned to the General Civil, Guardianship, and Probate Division in Lee County.

A native Floridian, Judge Loukonen graduated with honors from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Cell Science. In 2003, she received her Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of Florida College of Law.

Prior to her appointment, Judge Loukonen practiced in Florida state courts, including all federal courts in Florida, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States of America. She represented businesses and individuals in complex disputes involving contracts, commercial business, property, construction, employment, and corporate matters. In 2012, Judge Loukonen became Board Certified by the Florida Bar as an expert in Business Litigation. Judge Loukonen was an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell in Litigation, Commercial Law and Business Law, which is the highest rating an attorney can receive for their professional ethics and legal ability by their peers.

Judge Loukonen is actively involved in her community and her profession. In addition to serving as Board Chair for St. Matthew’s House, Inc., she has provided pro bono legal services for underserved working families that could not afford the cost of legal services. She also provided pro bono legal services for churches and individuals through the Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization devoted to defending and advocating for religious liberty, the sanctity of life, and marriage and family.

Judge Loukonen served her profession on statewide level as the Chair of the Florida Bar’s Business Litigation Certification Committee, Vice Chair of the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee for the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, and as member of the Executive Council of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar. Locally, Judge Loukonen served on the Twentieth Judicial Circuit’s Professionalism Committee, the Grievance Committee for the Middle District of Florida, and the Historical Society for the Middle District of Florida. She also served as President of the Michael R.N. McDonnell Inns of Court, Chair of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Collier County Bar Association, President of the Collier County Women’s Bar Association, and as a Board Member for the Collier County Bar Association.

Judge Loukonen has been married since 1996 and has four children.