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 2003 / Active

Frank A. Shepherd

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Frank A. Shepherd is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2003. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2003 · 23 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Florida

Judicial Record

In our data, Shepherd authored 314 published opinions for the court (2004–2017), plus 52 dissents and 62 concurrences. Most cited: Encarnacion v. Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc. (60 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. 426 of these were attributed to Shepherd 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
2017	Encarnacion v. Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc.†	211 So. 3d 275	60
2017	Wilson-Greene v. City of Miami†	208 So. 3d 1271	35
2015	In the Interest of K.B.L v. a Minor· Concurrence†	176 So. 3d 297	27
2013	Citizens Property Insurance v. Mango Hill 6 Condominium Ass'n†	117 So. 3d 1226	26
2017	Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Maspons†	211 So. 3d 1067	25
2015	In the Interest of B.Y.G.m, a Minor· Concurrence†	176 So. 3d 290	24
2014	Perez v. Bell South Telecommunications, Inc.†	138 So. 3d 492	24
2014	Chevaldina v. R.K./FL Management, Inc.· Concurrence†	133 So. 3d 1086	24
2012	Vorbeck v. Betancourt· Concurrence†	107 So. 3d 1142	24
2010	Flores v. RISCOMP INDUSTRIES, INC.†	35 So. 3d 146	22
2016	L.L. v. State†	189 So. 3d 252	21
2005	N.H. v. State†	890 So. 2d 514	20
2011	Ferguson v. Ferguson†	54 So. 3d 553	19
2008	Leslie v. Carnival Corp.†	22 So. 3d 561	18
2016	Dominguez v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.†	187 So. 3d 892	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 429 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 Frank A. Shepherd on?: Frank A. Shepherd is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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23 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).