Austin T. Dillon is an Associate in the Tallahassee office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Appellate Practice Group.
Austin focuses his practice on appellate litigation, civil appeals and trial support in both state and federal courts.
Prior to joining Shutts, Austin was a judicial law clerk for Judge Rachel E. Nordby of the Florida First District Court of Appeal. As a law student, Austin served as a Gubernatorial Fellow for the Office of General Counsel to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He was also a Summer Associate at the firm.
Credentials
Education
- University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2025
- Florida Law Review, Senior Research Editor
- Book Award, Legal Writing, 2023
- Federalist Society, Member
- Teaching Assistant, Legal Writing
- University of Louisville, B.A. & B.S., Economics & Political Science, summa cum laude, 2022
- McConnell Scholarship Program
- Carl E. Abner Outstanding Senior in Economics Award
- Moot Court Team
Bar Admissions
- Floirda


