About Monique 

Monique H. Worrell is the Duly Elected State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She was elected in November of 2020 to bring reform to a criminal legal system that is fundamentally flawed, in order to achieve equity and to move our system towards justice. She served as the chief prosecutor until August 2023. 

 

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Monique made Central Florida her home in 1996. After receiving her law degree from the University of Florida, College of Law in 1999, she began her career as a Public Defender in Orange County, Florida. Later, she went on to private practice where she continued to focus on Criminal Justice.

 

Monique became a clinical law professor at the University of Florida, College of Law, where she trained law students who aspired to practice criminal law. Because of her passion for keeping youth out of the criminal justice system, she developed and implemented the Your Future, Your Choice program to teach youth their rights and responsibilities as citizens. She also became a founding director of the University’s Criminal Justice Center and developed a rigorous program that has produced many criminal law practitioners across the state of Florida.

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Monique left the University of Florida to become the founding director of the Conviction Integrity Unit in the State Attorney’s Office, where she led the investigation of claims for wrongful conviction. It was that experience that made her realize that change in the criminal legal system was critical and must come from within. Prior to being elected State Attorney, she served as Chief Legal Officer for a non-profit organization focused on criminal justice reform.

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Monique is an accomplished attorney, with experience as a leader, advocate, educator, and administrator. She currently works as a keynote speaker, trainer, and consultant.