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 1973 / Active

Maurice Paul

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Maurice Paul is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 1973. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1973 · 53 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Paul authored 3 published opinions for the court (1977–1978). Most cited: Laws v. Laws (19 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
1978	Laws v. Laws	364 So. 2d 798	19
1977	Versen v. Versen	347 So. 2d 1047	16
1977	Mathews Corp. v. Tutten Enterprises, Inc.	343 So. 2d 902	4

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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 is Maurice Paul on?: Maurice Paul is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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53 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).