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 1974 / Served to 2008

J Rogers Padgett

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

J Rogers Padgett was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1974–2008 · 34 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Padgett authored 2 published opinions for the court (1996–1997). Most cited: Baird v. Baird (4 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
1997	Baird v. Baird	696 So. 2d 844	4
1996	Sims v. State	688 So. 2d 337	3

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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 J Rogers Padgett on?: J Rogers Padgett was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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34 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).