Miguel M. de la O is a Circuit Judge for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida in the Criminal and Appellate Division.  Judge de la O has presided over more than 180 civil and criminal jury trials.  He serves on the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee which provides advisory ethics opinions to Florida judges concerning the Canons of Judicial Conduct and is a member of the Florida Supreme Court’s Criminal Court Steering Committee.  Judge de la O is on the faculty of the Circuit Court Conference, Advanced Judicial Studies, and New Judges School, and has taught trial advocacy as an Adjunct Professor at the Florida International University College of Law.

Judge de la O was won a number of awards since taking the bench in 2013, including the League of Prosecutors’ Justice Award (2016), the Maxine Cohen-Lando Community Service Award from Transition Inc. (2018), the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Honorable Gerald Kogan Judicial Distinction Award (2020), and the Florida Bar's William M. Hoeveler Judicial Professionalism Award (2025).

Judge de la O practiced law in Miami for over 20 years before his election as a Circuit Judge in 2012.  He attended Florida State University, graduating cum laude with degrees in political science and criminology, and with high honors from the Florida State University School of Law, where he served as an Editor on the Law Review.  After law school, he worked for Steel Hector & Davis and Sonnett, Sale & Kuehne.  In 1994, he co-founded de la O & Marko.  Judge de la O was an AV-rated trial and appellate lawyer.

Judge de la O was an active member in his community before joining the bench.  He served on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners for 10 years, including one year as Chair.  He chaired the City of Miami Civil Service Board for 8 years.  Judge de la O also served on the City of Miami Community Relations Board, Charter Review Committee, and Nominating Committee for the Civil Investigative Panel, and on the Boards of Directors for the Human Services Coalition, People with AIDS Coalition, and the Dade County Bar.

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