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 2011 / Active

Robert Scola

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Robert Scola is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2011 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Scola authored 6 published opinions for the court (2000–2007). Most cited: LEGGETT GROUP, INC. v. Davis (28 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
2007	LEGGETT GROUP, INC. v. Davis	973 So. 2d 467	28
2000	Continental Concrete, Inc. v. LAKES AT LA PAZ III LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	758 So. 2d 1214	15
2005	Forbes v. Chapin	917 So. 2d 948	6
2000	Butler v. State	767 So. 2d 534	6
2000	Kammer v. Hurley	765 So. 2d 975	5
2000	Wertkin v. Wertkin	763 So. 2d 461	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 Robert Scola on?: Robert Scola is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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15 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).