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 1993 / Active

Jennifer D. Bailey

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Jennifer D. Bailey is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 1993. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1993 · 33 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1993	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Georgia
University of Georgia

Judicial Record

In our data, Bailey authored 17 published opinions for the court (1999–2008). Most cited: Ross v. Botha (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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2004	Ross v. Botha	867 So. 2d 567	27
2003	Cohen v. Kravit Estate Buyers, Inc.	843 So. 2d 989	25
2000	Gersh v. Cofman	769 So. 2d 407	25
2000	Allen v. Stephan Co.	784 So. 2d 456	22
1999	Dolan v. State	743 So. 2d 544	12
1999	Sullivan v. Sullivan	736 So. 2d 103	11
2008	Caldwell v. State	985 So. 2d 602	10
2007	Mendes v. Mendes	947 So. 2d 450	7
2006	MS v. Department of Children and Families	920 So. 2d 847	6
2003	Campbell v. Kessler	848 So. 2d 369	6
2000	Wencel v. State	768 So. 2d 494	5
2008	Voronin v. VORONINA	975 So. 2d 1228	3
2006	Shabazz v. State	928 So. 2d 1267	3
2003	Consolidated Ins. Services v. Freeman	848 So. 2d 444	3
2006	Crowe v. Lowe	942 So. 2d 903	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 17 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 Jennifer D. Bailey on?: Jennifer D. Bailey is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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33 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).