Mr. Monroe's legal career began as a prosecutor with the State Attorney's Office in Jacksonville where Mr. Monroe gained extensive trial experience in DUI law and litigation as the DUI Unit prosecutor and the Senior County Court Prosecutor for Jacksonville for nearly two years. Mr. Monroe also worked for the State Attorney's Office in the First Judicial Circuit where he handled misdemeanor cases, juvenile cases, felony cases, and was appointed as the Special Prosecutor on numerous Executive Assigned cases in other Judicial Circuits which were assigned to him by the Governor of Florida.