{"id":235574,"date":"2026-04-17T12:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235574\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:44:07","slug":"florida-supreme-court-elects-couriel-as-chief-justice-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/235574\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Supreme Court Elects Couriel As Chief Justice \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Justice John Couriel will be Florida\u2019s next chief justice, after he was unanimously elected to the post Thursday by his fellow justices on the Florida Supreme Court. His two-year term begins July 1.<\/p>\n

Couriel, 48, will succeed Justice Carlos Mu\u00f1iz as chief justice, who has served in the role for two consecutive terms.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful to my colleagues for their trust,\u201d Couriel said in a released statement. He added that he is \u201cindebted to the previous chief justices with whom I\u2019ve served. I will do my best to serve the people of Florida as they so ably have.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chief justice is the administrative leader of not just the Florida Supreme Court but the entire state court system, helping to set the management and operational policies as well as the legislative and budget agendas for the judicial branch.<\/p>\n

Before being appointed to the court in 2020 by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Couriel had never served as a judge. He grew up in Miami and earned his bachelor\u2019s and law degrees from Harvard University.<\/p>\n

Couriel worked as a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida and also practiced at a firm in New York and at Kobre & Kim LLP, a global firm with offices in Miami.<\/p>\n

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