Ehrhardt honored with FSCHS Susan Rosenblatt Lifetime Achievement Award

FSU Professor Emeritus Chuck Ehrhardt, second from the left, was honored with the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society Susan Rosenblatt Lifetime Achievement Award in Tallahassee January 16. Pictured with Ehrhardt, from the left, are FSU Law Dean Erin O’Hara O’Connor, Dean Emeritus Don Weidner, and former FSU President John Thrasher.
The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society honored Florida State University Professor Emeritus Charles “Chuck” Ehrhardt with the Susan Rosenblatt Lifetime Achievement Award during its annual dinner, A Supreme Evening 2025, on January 16 in Tallahassee.
Ehrhardt, who served as a trustee member of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society for more than two decades, is widely recognized for his distinguished and lifetime contributions to the FSU College of Law and Florida’s legal community.
FSCHS President Fred Karlinsky noted Ehrhardt’s far-reaching influence on students, colleagues, lawyers, and judges across Florida.
“As everyone knows in the state of Florida… you can’t spell evidence without putting Chuck Ehrhardt in that sentence,” said Karlinsky, adding that Professor Ehrhardt was most deserving of the award and that he was thrilled the society was recognizing him.

FSU Professor Emeritus Chuck Ehrhardt, from the left, Dean Erin O’Hara O’Connor, MC Hank Coxe, Dean Emeritus Don Weidner, FSCHS President Fred Karlinsky, and former FSU President John Thrasher.
Master of Ceremonies Hank Coxe quoted Ehrhardt’s friend Patsy Palmer, wife of the late FSU President Sandy D’Alemberte, as saying D’Alemberte considered Ehrhardt “one of the great figures in Florida’s legal community,” who brought the law to life for generations of students and provided wise counsel to lawyers and judges throughout his career.
Ehrhardt joined the FSU Law faculty in 1967 as an assistant professor, becoming the fourth professor at the law school. He was named a Ladd Professor of Evidence in 1977 and earned emeritus status in 2007. As the author of the authoritative books on the subjects Florida Evidence and Florida Trial Objections, Ehrhardt is cited by appellate courts more than 500 times.
In addition to his role as a professor, he served as the university’s representative to the NCAA and the ACC for almost 20 years. In 2007, he was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame.
Prior to his time at Florida State, Ehrhardt served two years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Iowa. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law.