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 2006 / Active

Barbara Lagoa

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Barbara Lagoa is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1967 · age 59
Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Florida International University

Judicial Record

In our data, Lagoa authored 255 published opinions for the court (2006–2019), plus 5 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Robles-Martinez v. Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP (34 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. 262 of these were attributed to Lagoa 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
2011	Robles-Martinez v. Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP· Dissent†	88 So. 3d 177	34
2017	Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. v. Fitzgerald†	215 So. 3d 116	26
2016	Abeid-Saba v. Carnival Corp.†	184 So. 3d 593	23
2013	Kenz v. Miami-Dade County†	116 So. 3d 461	23
2010	Kolsky v. Jackson Square, LLC†	28 So. 3d 965	23
2010	Fasani v. Kowalski†	43 So. 3d 805	22
2010	Rodriguez v. Recovery Performance & Marine, LLC†	38 So. 3d 178	19
2009	United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Salgado†	22 So. 3d 594	19
2014	Central Mortgage Company v. Callahan†	155 So. 3d 373	18
2011	State Department of Environmental Protection v. Garcia†	99 So. 3d 539	18
2017	Dmb Investment Trust v. Islamorada, Village of Islands†	225 So. 3d 312	15
2013	State, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Administrative Reviews v. Fernandez†	114 So. 3d 266	15
2009	Tropical Glass & Construction Co. v. Gitlin†	13 So. 3d 156	15
2007	L.D. v. Department of Children & Family Services†	957 So. 2d 1203	15
2012	Cliff Berry, Inc. v. State†	116 So. 3d 394	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 262 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

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 is Barbara Lagoa on?: Barbara Lagoa is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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20 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).