Chris Kise

Christopher Michael Kise (born 1964 or 1965) is an American lawyer who served as the second Solicitor General of Florida from 2003 to 2006.

Kise has served on the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, was an advisor to Republican politicians Charlie Crist and Ron DeSantis, and joined Donald Trump's legal team in 2022. Other notable clients include Rick Scott and Andrew Gillum.

Early life and education Kise was born in 1964 or 1965. He graduated from Florida State University College of Law in 1990 after obtaining a degree in accounting from the University of Miami in 1986. While studying, he also worked as the managing editor and the articles editor of the Florida State University Law Review. 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. Until 2016, Kise was on the board of directors of Enterprise Florida.

On August 30, 2022, Kise joined the team of lawyers supporting Donald Trump during the FBI investigation into his handling of government documents. The same day, Kise left Tallahassee law firm Foley & Lardner and joined Miami Kise's fee for the work was US$3 million, and was paid from Trump's Save America PAC. A month later, Trump shifted Kise's responsibilities toward other legal work, These sanctions were later overturned on appeal, with the appeals court writing that the trial court's decisions were "sometimes conclusory and insufficiently rigorous in their legal analysis."