He served as a Judge of the Criminal and Family Divisions of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 2011 until his retirement in 2017.

[1] Rodriguez-Chomat went on to work as an accountant, an IRS agent and a tax lawyer before winning office as a lawmaker and later serving as a judge.

After the girl, Penelope Soto, responded by saying "Fuck you", and gave him the middle finger, he sentenced her to 30 days in the county jail for criminal contempt of court.

After she apologized at a hearing four days later, he withdrew the contempt citations and urged her to seek drug counselling.

[citation needed] He was survived by his wife, Susanita Ferro Rodriguez-Chomat and his children and stepchildren.