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 1979 / Served to 1981

Arden M. Siegendorf

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Arden M. Siegendorf was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1979. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1979–1981 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Siegendorf authored 1 published opinion for the court (1979). Most cited: Rossmoor Corp. v. Tri-County Concrete Products, Inc. (2 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. 1 of these was attributed to Siegendorf by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1979	Rossmoor Corp. v. Tri-County Concrete Products, Inc.†	375 So. 2d 896	2

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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 Arden M. Siegendorf on?: Arden M. Siegendorf was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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2 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).