A state intermediate appellate court / Established 1940

Florida District Courts of Appeal

Tallahassee · An intermediate appellate court in Florida.

The Florida District Courts of Appeal is an intermediate appellate court in Florida, the tier between the state's trial courts and the Supreme Court of Florida. Its judges are chosen by gubernatorial appointment from a nominating commission, followed by retention elections, the same method Florida uses for its court of last resort. This page lists every judge to serve on the court, current and former.

334

Judges in history

102

Currently serving

Merit selection

Selection

6-yr

Term

Current judges

Judge	Since
Edgar Williams Robert	1965
Maurice Paul	1973
Charles Carlton	1977
Alan R. Schwartz	1978
Thomas S. Reese	1979
J Klein Wigginton	1982
Dennis Maloney	1983
Patti Henning	1985
Scott Brownell	1986
Celeste Hardee Muir	1986
Arthur M. Birken	1988
Chris Altenbeend	1989
Chris W. Altenbernd	1989
Charles M. Harris	1989
Lee E. Haworth	1989
Martha Warner	1989
Anthony Rondolino	1990
Robbie M. Barr	1991
Alice Blackwell	1991
Larry Schack	1991
Jennifer D. Bailey	1993
Susan C. Bucklew	1993
Michael B. Chavies	1993
Emerson R. Thompson	1993
Robert T. Benton II	1994
Matthew Stevenson	1994
W Matthew Stevenson	1994
Robert M. Gross	1995
Philip J. Padovano	1996
Jay Rosman	1996
Marc H. Gold	1997
Renee Goldenberg	1997
Stevan T. Northcutt	1997
Peter M. Weinstein	1997
Scott Bernstein	1998
Darryl C. Casanueva	1998
Carole Taylor	1998
Charles A. Davis Jr.	1999
Alfred J. Horowitz	2000
Richard Orfinger	2000
William D. Palmer	2000
Robert Pleus	2000
Thomas Sawaya	2000
Patricia J. Kelly	2001
Joseph Lewis	2001
Morris Silberman	2001
Jack Espinosa Jr.	2002
James C. Hankinson	2002
Melanie May	2002
Charles E. Roberts	2003
Frank A. Shepherd	2003
Vincent G. Torpy Jr.	2003
Craig Villanti	2003
Douglas A. Wallace	2003
Linda Ann Wells	2003
Faye L. Allen	2005
Edward C. Larose	2005
Leslie B. Rothenberg	2005
Richard J. Suarez	2005
Bradford L. Thomas	2005
Kerry I. Evander	2006
Barbara Lagoa	2006
C Alan Lawson	2006
Jeffrey R. Levenson	2006
Elizabeth A. Metzger	2006
Robert L. Pegg	2007
Tonya Rainwater	2007
L Clayton Roberts	2007
Vance E. Salter	2007
John W. Thornton Jr.	2007
Cory J. Ciklin	2008
Jay P. Cohen	2008
Dorian K. Damoorgian	2008
Michael E. Raiden	2008
Nikki Ann Clark	2009
Marva Crenshaw	2009
Jonathan D. Gerber	2009
Bruce Waldron Jacobus	2009
Spencer D. Levine	2009
Robert Morris	2009
Lori S. Rowe	2009
Anthony K. Black	2010
Kevin Emas	2010
Simone Marstiller	2010
Jack Schemer	2010
Burton C. Conner	2011
Ivan F. Fernandez	2011
Stephanie W. Ray	2011
Robert Scola	2011
Ronald Swanson	2011
Wendy Berger	2012
Thomas Logue	2012
Scott Makar	2012
Daniel H. Sleet	2012
Alan Orantes Forst	2013
Mark W. Klingensmith	2013
Timothy T. Osterhaus	2013
Edwin A. Scales III	2013
F Rand Wallis	2013
Matthew C. Lucas	2014
Ross L. Bilbrey	2015
Samuel J. Salario Jr.	2015

Former judges

Judge	Years
John Leonard Badalamenti	2015–2020
Nelly Khouzam	2008–2011
Dick Prince	2008–2010
Robin Rosenberg	2008–2011
Douglas Chumbley	2007–2008
Angel A. Cortiñas	2005–2013
Michael Gates	2004–2010
Maura T. Smith	2004–2011
Levens William	2004–2006
Mary B. Flores	2003–2011
Paul M. Hawkes	2003–2012
David Krathen	2003–2006
David A. Monaco	2003–2012
William J. Berger	2002–2008
Charles T. Canady	2002–2008
Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington	2001–2004
Lisa Davidson	2001–2008
Ricky Polston	2001–2008
Juan Ramirez	2000–2008
Monterey Campbell	1999–2001
Marc B. Gilner	1999–2015
Thomas E. Stringer Sr.	1999–2009
Edwin B. Browning	1998–2009
Robert L. Doyel	1998–2010
Oliver L. Green	1998–2002
Fred A. Hazouri	1998–2013
Timothy P. Mccarthy	1998–2014
Cecelia Moore	1998–2001
E J. Salcines	1998–2008
Walter Colbath	1997–2001
Rodolfo Sorondo Jr.	1997–2002
John G. Fletcher	1996–2007
Kenneth Marra	1996–2002
Robert L. Shevin	1996–2005
Victor Tobin	1996–2011
John Antoon II	1995–2000
Kathleen Kroll	1995–1998
George A. Shahood	1995–2009
James W. Whatley	1995–2004
Rosemary Barkett	1994–2013
Carolyn Fulmer	1994–2009
Melvia B. Green	1994–2008
Peggy A. Quince	1994–1999
William A. Van Nortwick	1994–2015
Amy Steele Donner	1993–2006
Larry Klein	1993–2009
L Arthur Lawrence	1993–2001
Richard A. Lazzara	1993–1997
Stephan P. Mickle	1993–1998
Barbara Pariente	1993–1997
John R. Blue	1992–2003
Charles W. Cope	1992–2004
Hoy John	1992–1993
Lucy C. Brown	1991–2015
Gary Farmer	1991–2011
Charles J. Kahn	1991–2011
Jeffrey Streitfeld	1991–2014
Peter D. Webster	1991–2011
Michael E. Allen	1990–2009
George Diamantis	1990–1995
Mario P. Goderich	1990–2005
Henry H. Harnage	1990–2005
Earle Peterson Jr.	1990–2006
James C. Downey	1989–1993
David M. Gersten	1989–2011
Gilbert Goshorn	1989–2000
David L. Levy	1989–2006
Charles E. Miner	1989–2002
David F. Patterson	1989–2001
Mark Polen	1989–2013
Gerald B. Cope Jr.	1988–2010
C Welborn Daniel	1988–1990
Jerry R. Parker	1988–2003
William C. Gridley	1987–1989
Edward F. Threadgill	1987–2001
Bobby Gunther	1986–2007
James B. Sanderlin	1986–1987
Barry J. Stone	1986–2008
Richard H. Frank	1985–1999
Vincent Thomas Hall	1985–1994
George W. Hersey	1985–1991
James S. Parker	1985–2002
Edward Rodgers	1985–1995
Edward T. Barfield	1984–2009
Kevin Davey	1984–2008
Murray Goldman	1984–1987
Dell John	1984–2004
Manuel Menendez Jr.	1984–2015
William Norris	1984–1985
Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr.	1983–1991
Curtis Clinton	1982–1983
Crockett Farnell	1982–2008
James E. Lehan	1982–1993
John W. Dell	1981–2001
James R. Jorgenson	1981–2003
Paul Logan	1981–2013
Mark Purdy	1981–1985
Jack R. Schoonover	1981–1997
Natalie Baskin	1980–1996
Joe Cowart Jr.	1980–1993
Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.	1980–1993
James E. Joanos	1980–2001
Daniel S. Pearson	1980–1989
Ford L. Thompson	1980–1990
John R. Beranek	1979–1984
Warren Cobb	1979–2003
Spencer C. Cross	1979–1980
James C. Dauksch	1979–2000
Hugh Glickstein	1979–1998
Daniel T. K. Hurley	1979–1986
Baker Joseph	1979–1980
Herbert M. Klein	1979–1988
Parker L. McDonald	1979–1979
Joseph Nesbitt	1979–1999
Melvin Orfinger	1979–1989
Winifred Sharp	1979–2006
Leander J. Shaw Jr.	1979–1983
Douglass B. Shivers	1979–1992
Arden M. Siegendorf	1979–1981
Larry G. Smith	1979–1994
Frank Upchurch Jr.	1979–1988
Winifred L. Wentworth	1979–1990
John D. Wessell	1979–2005
Anne Cawthon Booth	1978–2005
Mel Grossman	1978–2015
Harry Lee Anstead	1977–1994
Morison Buck	1977–1991
Paul Danahy	1977–1998
Richard W. Ervin	1977–2007
Helio Gomez	1977–1983
Phillip A. Hubbart	1977–1996
James W. Kehoe	1977–1979
Gavin K. Letts	1977–1993
Woodrow Melvin	1977–1979
John H. Moore II	1977–1981
T Truett Ott	1977–1985
Royce Agner	1976–1992
James E. Alderman	1976–1978
Victor Cathon	1976–1990
Wetherington Gerald	1976–1988
Durant Joseph	1976–1978
John Upchurch	1976–1983
Tench Benjamin	1975–1976
Randolph Bentley	1975–1997
Major Harding	1975–1976
E Richard Mills Jr.	1975–1988
Leroy Moe	1975–1993
Carroll Charles Ret	1975–1977
Leonard Rivkind	1975–1996
John M. Scheb	1975–1998
Fredricka Smith	1975–1977
Robert P. Smith	1975–1983
Victor M. Cawthon	1974–1987
Mounts Marvin	1974–1978
Guyte P. McCcord Jr.	1974–1982
Raymond G. Nathan	1974–1978
J Rogers Padgett	1974–2008
Tyrie A. Boyer	1973–1979
John Dewell	1973–1974
Stephen H. Grimes	1973–1987
Elizabeth A. Kovachevich	1973–1982
Johnson Clarence	1972–1998
Howell Charles Cook	1972–1974
John Cox	1972–1988
Robert M. Haverfield	1972–1980
Paul M. Marko III	1972–1995
George Richardson	1972–1974
Carl Durance	1971–1971
David McCain	1971–1973
Jack A. Falk	1970–1974
Gerald Mager	1970–1977
Spector Samuel	1970–1974
Joseph P. McNulty	1969–1977
Stewart F. Lamotte Jr.	1968–1977
Robert T. Mann	1968–1974
Gerald Bard Tjoflat	1968–1970
John Alton Reed Jr.	1967–1973
Sam Spector	1967–1975
Nance Clayton	1966–1975
Roger Dykes	1966–1967
James Lawrence King	1966–1967
Woodie Liles	1966–1981
Charles O. Andrews Jr.	1965–1967
T Frank Hobson Jr.	1965–1984
Dewey M. Johnson	1965–1975
Francis X. Knuck	1965–1968
William C. Pierce	1965–1973
Richard H.M. Swann	1965–1972
James H. Walden	1965–1990
John Hodges	1964–1976
Thomas Lee	1964–1976
Tom R. Waddell Jr.	1964–1988
John McNatt	1963–1967
Russell E. Seay	1963–1991
Dekle Hal	1962–1966
Thomas H. Barkdull Jr.	1961–1996
William L. Durden Jr.	1961–1969
Norman Hendry	1961–1988
John S. Rawls	1961–1977
Sherman N. Smith Jr.	1961–1965
Roger Waybright	1961–1977
Jack Farrington White	1961–2008
Meadow William	1961–2005
Archie Odom	1960–1967
Murray Overstreet	1960–1975
Otis Farrington	1959–1980
James Moody	1959–1966
Hugh Taylor	1959–1965
Roger Barker	1958–1966
Donald K. Carroll	1958–1961
Orvil Dayton	1958–1966
Warren Lamar	1958–1980
Morrow Russell	1958–1976
Harry Sandler	1958–1963
George T. Shannon	1958–1968
William P. Allen	1957–1968
Charles A. Carroll	1957–1974
Carroll A. Charles	1957–1974
Mallory Horton	1957–1965
A O. Kanner	1957–1964
Tillman Pearson	1957–1980
Richard M. Sauls	1957–1960
Elwyn Thomas	1957–1959
John T. Wigginton	1957–1993
William P. Hay Jr.	1956–1998
Benjamin C. Thornal	1955–1970
E Harris Drew	1952–1971
Grady Crawford	1950–1977
Aquilino Lopez Jr.	1945–1969
Harold Sebring	1943–1965
Alto L. Adams	1940–1951
William M. Walker	1940–1974

How a judge reaches this court. Judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal are appointed by the governor to 6-year terms and then face yes-or-no retention elections. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project (bulk data); selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).