How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Florida District Courts of Appeal / Joined 1993 / Served to 2006

Amy Steele Donner

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Amy Steele Donner was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1993. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1993–2006 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1993	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Donner authored 13 published opinions for the court (1993–2006). Most cited: Warshall v. Price (35 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1993	Warshall v. Price	629 So. 2d 903	35
1994	Romano v. Romano	632 So. 2d 207	26
1997	Carenza v. Sun Intern. Hotels, Ltd.	699 So. 2d 830	20
1995	Traina v. State	657 So. 2d 1227	11
2006	Carnes v. Fender	936 So. 2d 11	10
2006	Alexander v. State	931 So. 2d 946	9
1994	Stern v. Stern	636 So. 2d 735	7
1993	Warshall v. Price	629 So. 2d 905	7
1997	Mulato v. Mulato	705 So. 2d 57	6
1995	Branker v. State	650 So. 2d 195	6
2006	State v. Grandstaff	927 So. 2d 1035	5
2001	Owens v. State	792 So. 2d 650	4
1997	McGlynn v. State	697 So. 2d 571	3

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Amy Steele Donner on?: Amy Steele Donner was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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13 years on the Florida District Courts of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).