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Who Appointed Judge Carrie Ann Wozniak

Judge Wozniak was recommissioned to the Sixth District Court of Appeal from the Fifth District on January 1, 2023, by Governor Ron DeSantis.

Judge Wozniak grew up in Orlando, Florida, and graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in communications and political science. She graduated cum laude from Stetson University College of Law, where she was Notes and Comments Editor of the Stetson Law Review and an intern with the Florida Supreme Court and the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida.

After graduation, Judge Wozniak was the Supervising Staff Attorney/Law Clerk for Justice Harry Lee Anstead of the Florida Supreme Court. After her clerkship, she returned to Orlando where she practiced in the areas of appeals and complex commercial litigation for a large nationwide law firm. During her tenure, she advanced from associate attorney to equity partner and attained Board Certification by the Florida Bar in Appellate Practice.

While in private practice, Judge Wozniak served as Vice Chair of the Fifth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission via nomination by the Florida Bar and appointment by Governor Rick Scott, and as a member of the Florida Bar’s Appellate Practice Section Executive Council, Appellate Rules Committee, and Appellate Practice Board Certification Committee. She also served as Chair of the Florida Bar Statewide Advertising Grievance Committee and as Chair of the Professionalism and Appellate Practice Committees for the Orange County Bar Association. Judge Wozniak was a volunteer judge and legal advisor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Teen Court and was awarded the Orange County Bar Association’s Elizabeth Susan Khoury Guardian ad Litem Award of Excellence in 2016 for her guardian ad litem work.

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Honors & Awards:

  • Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
  • The Best Lawyers in America 2020-2021, Listed in Florida for Appellate Practice
  • Super Lawyers Magazine 2009-2020, Listed in Florida as a “Rising Star” for Appellate and Business Litigation
  • Florida Trend’s Legal Elite 2015, 2017, Listed as an “Up & Comer” for Appellate Practice
  • Orlando Business Journal 2014, Recognized as a “40 Under 40” honoree
  • Burton Award for Legal Achievement in association with the Library of Congress, 2005 Winner

Judicial & Bar Activities:

  • 2023-present Member, Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases
  • 2021-present and 2012-2018 Member, The Florida Bar Appellate Court Rules Committee
  • 2022-2023 Chair of the Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar
  • Orange County Bar Association Diversity Symposium, Panelist, “Diversity in the Judiciary and Judicial Nominating Commissions,” May 2017
  • Appellate Practice A to Z in the Fifth District Court of Appeal for Legal Aid and Pro Bono Attorneys, Host and Moderator, “A Behind-the-Scenes View of the Fifth District Court of Appeal,” May 2017
  • Appellate Practice A to Z in the Third District Court of Appeal for Legal Aid and Pro Bono Attorneys, Panelist, “Appellate Practice 101,” August 2016
  • Orange County Bar Association Bench and Bar Conference, Moderator, “Professionalism and Ethical Implications from an Appellate Court Perspective,” April 2016
  • “Terms of Endearment for Appellate Clerks: How to Stay in an Appellate Court Clerk’s Good Graces,” with Pamela Masters, Esq., Clerk of Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal, Florida Bar Appellate Section, The Record, Summer 2014
  • Orange County Bar Association Bench and Bar Conference, Panelist, “Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act,” April 2014
  • Orange County Bar Association and Ninth Circuit Professionalism Committee CLE Seminar, Panelist, “Lessons from the Field,” January 2013
  • The Florida Bar Journal, Author, “Amicus Briefs: What Have They Done for Courts Lately?” June 2012
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Professional Associations & Memberships:

  • Commission on the Orange County Business Court, Member
  • Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Member
  • Junior League of Greater Orlando, Member
  • Orange County Teen Court, Volunteer
  • Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida Teen Court Advisory Board, Member
  • Member, Society of English and American Lawyers
  • Member, The Federalist Society
  • Member, George C. Young American Inn of Court

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