Chris Kise

Kise was born in 1964 or 1965.[1] He graduated from Florida State University College of Law in 1990 after obtaining a degree in accounting from the University of Miami in 1986.[2] While studying, he also worked as the managing editor and the articles editor of the Florida Law Review.[2]

Kise unsuccessfully ran for Senate as a Republican in the 1998 United States Senate elections.[1]

In 2002, friend Charlie Crist chose Kise to be second Solicitor General of Florida, his term starting in 2003 and ending in 2006.[1] Later, Kise worked as a legal advisor Crist.[1] He was won four US Supreme Court cases.[3] In 2008, he was criticised by Public Service Commissioner Nancy Argenziano for working as the government's special adviser on energy and climate change while also representing companies responsible for pollution.[1] Until 2016, Kise was on the board of directors of Enterprise Florida.[1] In 2019, Kise was a transition advisor for Ron DeSantis.[3] Other clients have included Rick Scott, Charlie Crist, and Andrew Gillum.[4]

On August 30, 2022 Kise joined the team of lawyers supporting Donald Trump during the FBI investigation into his handling of government documents.[5] The same day,[5] Kise left Tallahassee law firm Foley & Lardner and joined Miami[4] law firm Continental PLLC to do that work.[6] Kise's fee for the work was US$3 million,[7] and was paid from Trump's Save America PAC.[8] A month later, Trump shifted Kise's responsibilities towards other legal work,[7] including legal issues arising from Trump's role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[8]

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