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 1991 / Active

Robbie M. Barr

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Robbie M. Barr is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 1991. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1991 · 35 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Tulane University of Louisiana
University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Barr authored 5 published opinions for the court (1994–1997). Most cited: Kovar v. Kovar (21 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
1994	Kovar v. Kovar	648 So. 2d 177	21
1997	Boca Raton Community Hosp. v. Brucker	695 So. 2d 911	13
1994	Cinghina v. Racik	647 So. 2d 289	9
1997	Fl. Dept. of Rev. v. Pirtle Const.	690 So. 2d 709	4
1995	Becker v. Williams	652 So. 2d 1182	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 Robbie M. Barr on?: Robbie M. Barr is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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35 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).