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 2011 / Active

Ivan F. Fernandez

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Ivan F. Fernandez is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Tenure: Since 2011 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Barry University
University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Fernandez authored 138 published opinions for the court (2011–2019), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: In the Interest of K.B.L v. a Minor (27 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. 139 of these were attributed to Fernandez 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
2015	In the Interest of K.B.L v. a Minor†	176 So. 3d 297	27
2015	In the Interest of B.Y.G.m, a Minor†	176 So. 3d 290	24
2016	Telemundo Media, LLC v. Mintz†	194 So. 3d 434	15
2013	Kopel v. Kopel†	117 So. 3d 1147	11
2014	D.L. v. State†	138 So. 3d 499	10
2018	La Ley Sports Complex at the City of Homestead, LLC v. City of Homestead†	255 So. 3d 468	9
2016	State v. Milewski†	194 So. 3d 376	9
2015	Goldman v. Estate of Goldman†	166 So. 3d 927	8
2017	Coral Gables Imports, Inc. v. Suarez†	219 So. 3d 101	7
2016	Edwards v. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc.†	187 So. 3d 895	7
2015	Shah v. Shah†	178 So. 3d 70	7
2013	Millennium Diagnostic Imaging Center, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance†	129 So. 3d 1086	7
2013	Publix Supermarkets, Inc. v. Santos†	118 So. 3d 317	7
2012	19650 NE 18th Ave. LLC v. Presidential Estates Homeowners Ass'n†	103 So. 3d 191	7
2017	Dna Sports Performance Lab, Inc. v. Club Atlantis Condominium Assoc., Inc.†	219 So. 3d 107	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 139 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 Ivan F. Fernandez on?: Ivan F. Fernandez is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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15 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).