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The Fifth District Court of Appeal was created by the 1979 session of the Florida Legislature. [1] The addition of the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in 2023 changed the caseload of the Fifth DCA.
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida is one of three federal judicial districts in Florida. [3] Court for the District is held at Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Ocala, Orlando, and Tampa. Fort Myers Division comprises the following counties: Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Glades, Hendry, and Lee.
District court of appeal judges, like Florida Supreme Court justices, are first recommended by the Florida Judicial Nominating Commission. They are then appointed by the governor of Florida , but have retention elections every six years, in which voters are asked on the ballot to vote whether the judge should be retained in office.
Judges in county court preside over misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic offenses and civil disputes involving $30,000 or less. County court judges are elected to six-year terms and paid $172,015 ...
There are nine counties in the Second District, which includes a population of over 5.0 million people. The Second District covers Pasco and Pinellas (6th judicial circuit); Hardee, Highlands, and Polk (10th judicial circuit); DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota (12th judicial circuit); and Hillsborough (13th judicial circuit).
Voters in Pinellas County will help decide the fate of 14 judges on Election Day 2022. Just one of those races involves two candidates: The county judge race between Della Cope and Megan Roach.
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 ...
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