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The Florida Supreme Court adopted the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure in March 1954. [2] The proper abbreviation for the rules is Fla.R.Civ.P. [3] The rules may be amended, or new rules added, from time to time and upon the approval of the Florida Supreme Court.
A specialized business court in Orlando (Orange County) was first suggested by Thomas Benton Smith (judge). [25] In 2023, the Ninth Circuit business court expanded from Orange County to add Osceola County. [26] Judge Gill S. Freeman was the first judge presiding over Miami's Complex Business Litigation Section, serving in that role for five ...
Broward County Circuit Judge Martin Bidwill allowed Schandler to intervene in the case, but reversed his decision when Ashley Tulloch, a lawyer representing the condo association, established that ...
Name [1] Appointed Chief Judge Current Term Expires Appointing Governor Spencer D. Levine 2009 July 1, 2019 – present 2023 Charlie Crist, Republican Martha C. Warner 1989 July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001 2021 Bob Martinez, Republican Robert M. Gross 1995 December 1, 2008 – June 30, 2011 2023 Lawton Chiles, Democrat Melanie G. May 2002
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 ...
In 2008, he was assigned to the Civil Division. Elected to chief judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in February, 2011 by his colleagues and subsequently re-elected in 2013 and 2015. As chief judge, Weinstein was responsible for the overall management of the 17th Judicial Circuit.
Scherer graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in English and received a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. [6] She is the daughter of William R. Scherer, a private attorney who was part of the legal team representing George W. Bush during the 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida. [3]
The Florida Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida.The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term. [2]