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

Elizabeth A. Metzger

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Elizabeth A. Metzger is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

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

Education

Nova Southeastern University

Judicial Record

In our data, Metzger authored 4 published opinions for the court (1970–2017). Most cited: Powell v. Hegney (6 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 Metzger 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
1970	Powell v. Hegney	239 So. 2d 599	6
1970	City of West Palm Beach v. Cowart	241 So. 2d 748	4
2007	Board of Trustees v. Town of Lake Park	966 So. 2d 448	3
2017	DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC v. VALETTA M. WHITE†	222 So. 3d 603	0

Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 Elizabeth A. Metzger on?: Elizabeth A. Metzger 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).