Scionti is an American lawyer and former politician from Tampa, Florida, who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2010.After departing the legislature, Scionti served with the United States Department of Defense as the deputy assistant secretary for Homeland Defense and Intergovernmental Affairs, overseeing the development of legislative strategies and priorities for domestic policies and programs relating to matters of national security and homeland defense, and as a diplomat with the United States Department of State.In 2014, he was elected as a judge to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.