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 / Served to 2011

Mary B. Flores

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Mary B. Flores was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 2003. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 2003–2011 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

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

Education

University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Flores authored 4 published opinions for the court (2008–2009). Most cited: Lift v. Lift (10 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
2009	Lift v. Lift	1 So. 3d 259	10
2009	State v. Schlabach	1 So. 3d 1091	6
2008	Craissati v. Craissati	997 So. 2d 458	0
2008	State v. Hayes	997 So. 2d 446	0

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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 Mary B. Flores on?: Mary B. Flores was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

Sources

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8 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).