Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz

Justice Carlos G. Muñiz was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 22, 2019, becoming the 89th Justice since statehood was granted in 1845. Prior to joining the Court, he served on the staff of Secretary Betsy DeVos as the presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed general counsel of the United States Department of Education. 

Justice Carlos G. Muñiz

In addition to working as an attorney in the federal government and in private practice, Justice Muñiz had an extensive career in Florida state government. He served as the deputy attorney general and chief of staff to Attorney General Pam Bondi; as deputy chief of staff and counsel in the Office of the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives; as general counsel of the Department of Financial Services; and as deputy general counsel to Governor Jeb Bush.

Justice Muñiz is a graduate of the University of Virginia and of Yale Law School. After law school, he clerked for Judge José A. Cabranes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Judge Thomas A. Flannery of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Justice Muñiz lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Katie Muñiz, and their three children. He grew up in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., where he attended St. James Catholic School and Bishop Ireton High School.

Office Information

The phone number is (850) 488-0007. His judicial assistant is Jessica Outlaw, and his staff attorneys are Matthew Kuczora, Sarah Stagg and Grace Zogaib. The mailing address is 500 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1925.

Attorneys or law students interested in clerkships in this office should check our Law Clerk Recruitment Page. There also is information on the Florida Supreme Court's Fellows Program. 

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