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 1994 / Served to 2008

Melvia B. Green

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Melvia B. Green was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1994. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1994–2008 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Green authored 63 published opinions for the court (1994–2008), plus 12 dissents and 14 concurrences. Most cited: A.S. v. State (33 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. 82 of these were attributed to Green 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
1996	A.S. v. State†	667 So. 2d 994	33
1997	M.C. v. State†	695 So. 2d 477	28
2003	Cillo v. State†	849 So. 2d 353	22
2006	T.P. v. Department of Children & Family Services· Concurrence†	935 So. 2d 621	19
1996	J.M. v. State†	677 So. 2d 890	19
1997	T.M. v. State†	689 So. 2d 443	15
1997	D.P. v. State· Dissent†	705 So. 2d 593	14
1996	National Constructors, Inc. v. Ellenberg†	681 So. 2d 791	10
2006	M.M.H. v. State†	929 So. 2d 628	8
1995	Farrell v. Farrell†	661 So. 2d 1257	8
1995	Erickson v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.†	649 So. 2d 942	8
2008	State v. Wong· Concurrence†	990 So. 2d 1154	7
2007	General Caulking Coating Co. v. J.D. Waterproofing, Inc.†	958 So. 2d 507	7
2006	C.G. v. State†	941 So. 2d 503	7
1996	Sunshine Yacht Sales v. Anslow Yacht Sales	669 So. 2d 342	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 89 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 was Melvia B. Green on?: Melvia B. Green was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

Sources

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14 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).