Daniel Woodring: former Florida Department of Education General Counsel and First DCA law clerk, handling appeals statewide. Call 850-270-1178.
Attorney Woodring has significant, high-stakes appellate experience. At the beginning of his legal practice, he analyzed hundreds of appeals during a two-year appellate clerkship at the First District Court of Appeal. During his time as counsel in the Executive Office of the Governor under Governor Jeb Bush, as General Counsel of the Florida Department of Education for almost five years, and as the first General Counsel of the Florida Board of Governors, he was involved in most of the State of Florida’s highest priority cases and appeals, including cases in which significant Florida and federal constitutional issues and billions of dollars were at stake. His responsibilities in the Governor’s office included interviewing and advising on the selection of judicial candidates for Florida’s appellate and trial courts.
Mr. Woodring has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1996 and is also a member of the State Bar of Georgia. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has argued cases at the Florida Supreme Court and Florida’s District Courts of Appeal, and has briefed cases at the U.S. Supreme Court. Since returning to private practice in 2007, he has handled appeals for individuals, small Florida businesses, constitutional entities, and national and international corporations.
Mr. Woodring is a member of the Appellate Practice Section and the Administrative Law Section of The Florida Bar, served as a member of the Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee, and is past Chair of the Education Law Committee of The Florida Bar. Mr. Woodring also has an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating. AV Preeminent® is a certification mark used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification procedures, standards and policies, and the ratings are explained at martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews.
Daniel Woodring has lived in Florida for more than 30 years. Currently living in Tallahassee, but practicing law statewide, he previously lived and worked in Pensacola, Clearwater, Jacksonville, and Gainesville. His wife, Jean, also an attorney, was born in Miami and grew up in Fort Myers. They have a son and a daughter. Mr. Woodring graduated from the University of Florida College of Law with a Juris Doctor, cum laude, and received his B.A. degree from Clearwater Christian College, summa cum laude.
To discuss an appeal with Mr. Woodring, call 850-270-1178, email [email protected], or send a message from the Contact Us page. Some of his reported appellate cases are listed on the Appellate Cases page.