Carlos G. Muñiz

Carlos G. Muñiz
General Counsel of the United States Department of Education Nominee
Taking office TBD
President	Donald Trump
Succeeding	Phil Rosenfelt (Acting)
Personal details
Education	University of Virginia Yale Law School

Carlos G. Muñiz is an American attorney who is employed by McGuireWoods. He is President Donald Trump's nominee to become General Counsel for the United States Department of Education.

Muñiz received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He clerked for José A. Cabranes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Thomas Aquinas Flannery of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Muñiz served as deputy attorney general and chief of staff to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, deputy general counsel for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, deputy chief of staff and counsel in the office of the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and as general counsel of the Florida Department of Financial Services. In 2013, Muniz was involved in the discussions with Bondi that led her to take no action on consumer complaints against Trump University.

Muñiz represented Florida State University against a student who accused its quarterback, Jameis Winston, of raping her. The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigation into the matter remained open at the time of his nomination.

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