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 2010 / Active

Kevin Emas

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Kevin Emas is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2010. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2010 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Florida
University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Emas authored 308 published opinions for the court (2004–2019), plus 15 dissents and 20 concurrences. Most cited: Robles-Martinez v. Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP (34 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. 340 of these were attributed to Emas 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
2011	Robles-Martinez v. Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP†	88 So. 3d 177	34
2011	Rocamonde v. Marshalls of Ma, Inc.†	56 So. 3d 863	25
2015	Connolly, Jr. v. State· Concurrence†	172 So. 3d 893	23
2017	Fonseca v. Taverna Imports, Inc.†	212 So. 3d 431	20
2013	Ross v. Wells Fargo Bank†	114 So. 3d 256	19
2015	Rollet v. De Bizemont†	159 So. 3d 351	18
2011	Fito v. Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc.†	83 So. 3d 755	18
2012	Green v. State†	84 So. 3d 1169	17
2016	JVN Holdings, Inc. v. American Construction & Repairs, LLC†	185 So. 3d 599	16
2011	Gordon v. State†	126 So. 3d 292	16
2013	Geter v. State· Dissent†	115 So. 3d 385	15
2012	Suarez v. Benihana National of Florida Corp.†	88 So. 3d 349	15
2016	Underwater Engineering Services v. Utility Board of the City of Key West†	194 So. 3d 437	14
2013	Toll v. Korge†	127 So. 3d 883	14
2013	Jennings v. State· Concurrence†	124 So. 3d 257	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 343 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 Kevin Emas on?: Kevin Emas 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).