Overview
- Reporting confirms James Uthmeier earns $100,000 to teach two classes per week and mentor students at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
- He says he accepted the role after a roughly $60,000–$70,000 pay cut moving from Governor Ron DeSantis’ chief of staff to attorney general, citing support for his three children.
- Combined with the approximately $140,000 attorney general salary, his reported pay totals about $240,000, which exceeds his prior chief-of-staff earnings.
- UF’s law school publicly welcomed him, saying his government experience benefits students in an advanced separation‑of‑powers course and advising program.
- Questions remain over who covers his travel between Tallahassee and Gainesville, and at a Miami event launching a Public Integrity Unit he cut off reporters’ inquiries about the stipend.