Biography
3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida 33133 George K. Wysong, III was appointed as the City Attorney for the City of Miami in April 2024. He began his career with the City as an Assistant City Attorney in November 1994, and has dedicated the majority of his professional life to representing Miami in numerous practice areas. During his time with the Office of the City Attorney, Mr. Wysong has gained extensive experience in nearly every facet of municipal law. He most recently served as Deputy City Attorney overseeing the Land Development and General Government, and Real Estate and Transactions Divisions. Prior to that, he was the Division Chief of the General Government and Land Use Division, as well as a Senior Assistant City Attorney, Police Legal Advisor, and Assistant City Attorney. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Wysong has handled a wide range of municipal practice areas including collections and subrogation matters, risk management, code enforcement, building matters (including unsafe structures), fire and life safety, special assessments and tax issues, franchise agreements, workers’ compensation, elections, land use and planning, zoning, alcoholic beverage law, nuisance abatement, homeless issues, legislation, City Charter and home rule issues, public records, and ethics. He has also advised the City’s Emergency Operations Center during emergencies and provided counsel to the Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors and the OMNI CRA. For a significant portion of his career, Mr. Wysong concurrently served as the Police Legal Advisor for the City of Miami’s Police Department. in 1999, he became the Police Legal Advisor working with nine different Chiefs of Police. In this role, he handled matters affecting the Miami Police Department, provided counsel and advice to the Chief of Police and his staff, litigated contraband forfeiture cases, prepared legal bulletins for dissemination to sworn police officers, taught at the Miami Police Academy, and served on the MPD Policy Review Committee and the Firearms Review Board. He also served as the Chief negotiator in two pattern and practice investigations by the United States Department of Justice, successfully concluding both. He holds a Juris Doctorate from St. Thomas University School of Law (1993) and a Bachelor of Arts from St. Thomas University (1988). George K. Wysong, III was appointed as the City Attorney for the City of Miami in April 2024. He began his career with the City as an Assistant City Attorney in November 1994, and has dedicated the majority of his professional life to representing Miami in numerous practice areas.
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Key Statements16 statements
“Pension benefits are immune from collection for these type of things”
Explaining why pension benefits cannot be attached for judgment
“The Supreme Court of the United States just two weeks ago determined that his appeals were over. They denied certiorari appeal. And so that Fuller One case is completely dead”
Explaining timing for pursuing attorney's fees claim
“We as a city attorney's office, because he was a former commissioner, would not be able to prosecute that case because we have a conflict. We have worked with the commissioner. We still defend him in other cases”
Explaining conflict of interest requiring outside counsel
“Mr. O.J. Simpson, he was sued. He had a huge judgment against him. He was deemed judgment proof. He moved to Florida to take advantage of our homestead exemption laws”
Analogy explaining why Carollo would be judgment proof
“There is a judgment that is recorded against the former commissioner already in the tune of 63 million dollars plus incurring interest. So any sort of relief we would get would be behind that position”
Explaining collectability issues with pursuing attorney's fees
“No clapping, applauding, heckling, or verbal outbursts in support or opposition to a speaker or his or her remarks shall be permitted.”
Outlining behavioral expectations in the Commission Chambers
“The meeting of the Miami City Commission is a limited public forum. Any person may be heard by the City Commission through the Chair for not more than two minutes on any proposition before the City Commission unless modified by the Chair.”
Explaining public comment procedures and time limits
“Any person who is a lobbyist pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 6 of the City Code must register with the City Clerk and comply with related City requirements for lobbyists before appearing before the City Commission.”
Outlining procedures and requirements for lobbyists appearing before the Commission
“On January 22, 2026, under the provisions of Section 286.011.8 Florida Statutes, I requested that this City Commission meet in private to discuss pending litigation in the case of Joe Carollo v. The City of Miami.”
Announcing attorney-client session regarding pending litigation
“I cannot have a chief representing my people whether he's either chief or a politician doing both things. I can't risk it because you lead a serious business.”
Explaining concern about chief potentially running for political office while serving as chief
“But I do agree that this transition of looking for a new chief has to start sooner rather than later. I do agree with what I heard in October, and this is not acceptable to me in October unless the chief signs a piece of paper that says hey, I'm not running.”
Expressing concern about need for police chief succession planning and need for assurance chief is not campaigning
“The chief of police is purely the designation of the city manager. Your action as you did should be directed to the administration to take action.”
Clarifying the authority structure regarding police chief appointment
“The original lease in 2022 stated six soccer courts. Apparently there had been some flexibility desired, so that idea that 12 courts aren't happening is not the case. They wanted to make them flex and pop up so they didn't commit to the exact number. So if you compare what they're doing now to what they did before, it's just a ministerial change in the language so that these courts could be closer to the access and residents would be able to get there. So it's all based on resident input.”
Clarifying the soccer courts language change in PZ2 (Miami Freedom Park development agreement amendment)
“Yes, Madam Chair. Good morning. Welcome to the Miami City Commission. Detailed information about the processes, the order of business, the rules of procedure and the planning or re-planning of the meetings of the City Commission are found in Chapter 2, Article 2 of the City Code.”
Standard procedural disclosure regarding meeting rules and lobbyist registration
“The allegations in this case are retaliation under the Whistleblower Act, retaliation under Title VII, which is the Civil Rights Act of 1964, race discrimination under Title VII, as well as sex discrimination under Title VII.”
Explaining nature of claims in RE3 settlement
“This is a settlement for a total sum of $400,000. It's inclusive of all attorney's fees that could be awarded as a result of any sort of liability against the City in this case.”
Describing settlement terms for RE3 litigation case