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 2007 / Served to 2008

Douglas Chumbley

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Douglas Chumbley was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 2007. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 2007–2008 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Chumbley authored 4 published opinions for the court (2007–2008). Most cited: Kaye v. MacAri Bldg. & Design, Inc. (7 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
2007	Kaye v. MacAri Bldg. & Design, Inc.	967 So. 2d 1112	7
2008	STARLINES INTERN. v. Union Planters Bank	976 So. 2d 1172	4
2007	Real Investments, LLC v. Oaks Group, Inc.	969 So. 2d 1204	1
2008	Richardson v. State	971 So. 2d 295	0

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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 Douglas Chumbley on?: Douglas Chumbley was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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1 year 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).