Stan Padgett was born in Columbia, SC, and grew up in SC, NC, VA, WA, KY and AL. He graduated from Auburn Univ. at Montgomery in 1979, from Duke University School of Law in 1982, and has been a business trial lawyer in Tampa, FL for 36 years. He and his wife Linda got engaged 3 months after she turned 16 (he was 17), married at 17 and 18, have been married for 42 years, have 3 children, lots of grandchildren and look forward to more grandchildren and great grandchildren. They still live in Florida.