Monique Kristine Pope received her undergraduate degree in History from the University of Florida, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2003. She later received her Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law in 2009, earning an ‘Entertainment, Sports & Media’ Designation. Upon graduation, she completed a legal externship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Attorney Pope spent the next eight years working in New York’s financial services industry, first as a trading and research analyst at SAB Capital and later as an institutional equities trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, where she was responsible for the account management of several major institutional investors, specifically hedge funds. Before relocating to South Florida, she worked at private equity firm KKR in their Client Partner Group. She has earned NASD/FINRA Series 7 and Series 63 licenses. Before starting her practice, Monique worked as an attorney at Andreu, Palma, Lavin & Solis, specializing in creditors’ rights litigation. In 2022, Monique opened the Law Offices of Monique K. Pope, P.A., where she now serves clients in various civil, family law, and guardian ad litem matters.
She is admitted to practice law in Florida before the state courts of Florida and the United States District Court for the Southern District. Her professional memberships include the Florida Bar, where she sits on the Legal Needs of Children Committee; the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL), where she presently serves as Chair of the Elections Committee for the Miami-Dade Chapter and will serve as Committee Chair of the Fall in Love with GAL Statewide Committee for 2024-2025; the Miami-Dade Bar, Solo and Small Bar Committee; and the Cuban-American Bar Association (CABA).
Monique is also very active in her community through her various philanthropic endeavors and her commitment to local organizations near and dear to her heart. She serves her third term as Co-Chair of the Leadership Board of the Nicklaus Children’s Young Ambassadors (NCYA). She is the First Vice-President of the Women’s Cancer Association (WCA), and in 2025, will assume the role of President of the WCA. Monique is a dedicated member of the Women’s Republican Club of Miami, Federated (WRCMF), where she serves as Director of Legislative Affairs and as District 18 Committeewoman for the Republican Executive Committee of the Miami-Dade County GOP. Monique sits on the Miami Beach Commission for Women and is a Board Member of the NAHA Community Board in Miami Beach, where she resides with her husband, two children, and two dogs.