Carrie Ann Wozniak

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. Judge Wozniak is a frequent speaker on various legal topics and enjoys teaching at Advanced Judicial Studies, new judge education programs, and bar seminars.