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 2013 / Active

F Rand Wallis

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

F Rand Wallis is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2013. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2013 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2013	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Furman University
Stetson University

Judicial Record

In our data, Wallis authored 145 published opinions for the court (2013–2019), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Morcom (21 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. 146 of these were attributed to Wallis 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
2013	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Morcom†	125 So. 3d 320	21
2016	Bank of New York Mellon v. Johnson†	185 So. 3d 594	18
2016	David F. Honaker v. State†	199 So. 3d 1068	13
2015	Holubek v. State†	173 So. 3d 1114	13
2014	Crew v. State†	146 So. 3d 101	12
2013	Gartner v. State†	118 So. 3d 273	12
2017	Packal v. Johnson†	226 So. 3d 337	11
2016	Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC v. Brogdon†	185 So. 3d 627	11
2016	Palma v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, Nat'l Ass'n†	208 So. 3d 771	10
2014	Randall v. Walt Disney World Co.†	140 So. 3d 1118	10
2014	State v. Fureman†	161 So. 3d 403	10
2013	Fi-Evergreen Woods, LLC v. Robinson†	135 So. 3d 331	10
2017	State v. Joseph M. Milici†	219 So. 3d 117	8
2015	Accident Cleaners, Inc. v. Universal Insurance Co.†	186 So. 3d 1	8
2013	Lopez v. Lopez†	135 So. 3d 326	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 146 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 F Rand Wallis on?: F Rand Wallis is 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).