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The circuit courts primarily handle felony criminal cases, civil cases where the amount in controversy is greater than $30,000, as well as appeals from county courts. Circuit courts also have jurisdiction over domestic relations, juvenile dependency, juvenile delinquency, and probate matters. [4] Florida has twenty judicial circuits.
The addition of the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in 2023 changed the caseload of the Fifth DCA. Previously, the Fifth DCA handled cases from the following counties and circuit courts: Lake, Marion, Sumter, Citrus & Hernando (Fifth Circuit); Volusia, Flagler, Putnam & St. Johns (Seventh Circuit); Orange & Osceola (Ninth Circuit); and ...
In 2004, Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Belvin Perry made Judge Renee A. Roche Florida's first specialized business court judge. [21] [22] Judge Roche, along with Florida Judge John E. Jordan [23] (Ninth Judicial Circuit), have served as Business Court Representatives to the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. [24]
The 11 seats up for grabs in Miami-Dade’s and Broward’s circuit and county courts were all contested. Four incumbent judges keep seats and 7 first-timers elected to bench in South Florida Skip ...
Headquarters of the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. State courts of Florida. Florida Supreme Court [1] District courts of appeal (6 districts) [2] Circuit courts (20 judicial circuits) [3] County courts (67 courts, one for each county) [4] Federal courts located in Florida. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida [5]
She was a partner at the law firm of Rosenberg & McAuliffe, PL, from 2001 to 2006, and concurrently managed ARC Mediation, a full service dispute resolution firm, from 2002 to 2006. From 2007 to 2014, she was a circuit court judge in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. [1] [2]
Starting in the late 1950s, judges Elbert Parr Tuttle (chief judge 1960–67), John Minor Wisdom, John R. Brown (chief judge 1967–79), and Richard T. Rives (chief judge 1959–60) became known as the "Fifth Circuit Four", or simply "The Four", for decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of African Americans.
The last DCA expansion was the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal in 1979. [1] Blaise Trettis, a public defender in Brevard County, served on the Assessment Committee. When the committee looked at yearly case filings, they found that there was “a precipitous decline” [ 2 ] in the number of appeals over the years.