Cindy Guerra

Cindy M. Guerra. Esq., the Executive Chief Assistant Public Defender of Operations and 
Assistant General Counsel in the Public Defender’s Office for the 11th Judicial Circuit of 
Florida, has been a Florida attorney since 1991. Having initially worked as an Assistant Public 
Defender after graduating from Nova Southeastern University Law School, she returned to the 
Public Defender’s office after 25 years. Now, Ms. Guerra supervises over 100 staff, leads the 
case management database team, and oversees artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning 
projects, negotiates agreements on several projects, and is responsible for the building 
renovations and the future construction/expansion of our facilities. She has extensive 
administrative experience having served as Chief Operating Officer at the Palm Beach Clerk & 
Comptroller’s office for 8 years, overseeing a multi-million-dollar operation with over 450 
employees. There she led the first team in the nation to use AI and robotics to automate court 
document processing. She also served as Florida Deputy Attorney General for 5 years.