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 2015 / Active

Ross L. Bilbrey

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Ross L. Bilbrey is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2015. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2015 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2015	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Florida
University of Florida

Judicial Record

In our data, Bilbrey authored 65 published opinions for the court (2015–2018), plus 5 dissents and 17 concurrences. Most cited: State of Florida v. Brian Mitchell Lee (25 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. 87 of these were attributed to Bilbrey 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
2017	State of Florida v. Brian Mitchell Lee· Concurrence†	223 So. 3d 342	25
2017	Thomas Brookie v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. and The Lewis Bear Company· Concurrence†	213 So. 3d 1129	24
2016	J. P., mother of T. P. v. Florida Department of Children and Families†	183 So. 3d 1198	20
2015	Antonio Morales v. State of Florida· Concurrence†	170 So. 3d 63	18
2015	David Lee Ham, Jr. v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC.†	164 So. 3d 714	17
2017	Sandra A. Forero and William L. Forero v. Green Tree Servicing, LLC†	223 So. 3d 440	14
2015	Snowden v. Wells Fargo Bank†	172 So. 3d 506	14
2017	Landmark At Crescent Ridge LP v. Everest Financial, Inc., a California Corporation†	219 So. 3d 218	12
2015	Shawn Ahearn, on behalf of himself and all etc. v. Mayo Clinic, a Florida Corporation Mayo etc.†	180 So. 3d 165	10
2017	Noe v. Noe†	217 So. 3d 196	9
2015	Musa v. Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Co.· Concurrence†	181 So. 3d 1275	9
2017	Flynn v. Estevez· Concurrence†	221 So. 3d 1241	8
2016	State, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Walsh· Dissent†	204 So. 3d 169	8
2016	Intego Software, LLC d/b/a Critical Alert v. Concept Development, Inc.· Dissent†	198 So. 3d 887	8
2015	Chiquita Kiara Floyd v. Stacy L. Smith, Jason Owen Smith†	160 So. 3d 567	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 87 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 is Ross L. Bilbrey on?: Ross L. Bilbrey is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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11 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).