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 / Served to 1997

Richard A. Lazzara

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Richard A. Lazzara was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1993. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Tenure: 1993–1997 · 4 yrs
Education: Loyola New Orleans 1967

Judicial service

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

Education

University of Florida
Loyola University New Orleans	B.A.	1967

Judicial Record

In our data, Lazzara authored 14 published opinions for the court (1994–1997). Most cited: Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ledford (4 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. 14 of these were attributed to Lazzara 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
1997	Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ledford†	691 So. 2d 1164	4
1994	State v. Clark†	644 So. 2d 556	4
1994	Henry v. State†	644 So. 2d 571	3
1997	Chiang v. Wildcat Groves, Inc.†	703 So. 2d 1083	2
1997	Solone v. State†	686 So. 2d 719	2
1996	State v. Baal†	680 So. 2d 608	2
1995	Tran v. State†	667 So. 2d 812	2
1994	Jaramillo v. State†	646 So. 2d 840	2
1995	Scheb v. Shalam Imports, Inc.†	656 So. 2d 956	1
1995	Kit v. State†	654 So. 2d 1235	1
1995	Darby v. State†	651 So. 2d 792	1
1994	Currelly v. State†	644 So. 2d 139	1
1994	Conte v. R & A Food Services, Inc.†	644 So. 2d 133	1
1994	Tesney v. State†	647 So. 2d 222	1

Showing the 14 most-cited of 14 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 Richard A. Lazzara on?: Richard A. Lazzara was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

Sources

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4 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).