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# Carrie Ann Wozniak

Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal · District Court of Appeal Judge

## Profile

- Court: Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal
- State: Florida
- Role: District Court of Appeal Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media and still photography

Scope: statewide

Electronic media and still-photography coverage is allowed in Florida public trial and appellate proceedings under Rule 2.450's equipment and conduct standards, always subject to the presiding judge's control of decorum, distractions, and fair administration.

Evidence excerpt: Subject at all times to the authority of the presiding judge to: (i) control the conduct of proceedings before the court; (ii) ensure decorum and prevent distractions; and (iii) ensure the fair administration of justice in the pending cause, electronic media and still photography coverage of public judicial proceedings in the appellate and trial courts of this state shall be allowed

[Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://6dca.flcourts.gov/judges/judge-carrie-ann-wozniak)
- [Official roster](https://6dca.flcourts.gov/judges/judge-carrie-ann-wozniak)
- [Florida appellate courts official judge directories official judicial roster](https://6dca.flcourts.gov/judges/judge-carrie-ann-wozniak)
- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Board‐Certified appellate judge of Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal, recommissioned from the Fifth District in January 2023 by Governor Ron DeSantis
- Early Career: Supervising Staff Attorney/Law Clerk for Justice Harry Lee Anstead, Florida Supreme Court
- Position: Judge, Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland, FL)

### Education

### Additional information

- Judicial Service: Vice Chair, Fifth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission Volunteer judge and legal advisor for Ninth Judicial Circuit Teen Court Awarded the Orange County Bar Association’s Elizabeth Susan Khoury Guardian ad Litem Award of Excellence (2016)
- Judge Wozniak has over 14 years of legal experience, including 68 appellate cases argued to completion, and is known for her work in complex commercial litigation, family law, probate, and personal injury appeals.
- She is also a member of the Federalist Society and a textualist in constitutional interpretation



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-f9444c394a89ab9f4ffde994) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450). Collected 2026-07-26.