John D. Couriel
John Daniel Couriel (born March 23, 1978) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida. Education and legal career. Couriel received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge John D. Bates of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and was a partner at Kobre & Kim in Miami before being appointed to the bench. Couriel previously interviewed to become United  States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and to serve as a federal district judge for the Southern District of Florida. He ran unsuccessfully for the Florida House of Representatives in 2012 and 2016. Florida Supreme Court. On May 26, 2020, Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis announced his appointment of Couriel to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.