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 1963 / Served to 1991

Russell E. Seay

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Russell E. Seay was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1963. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1926–2011
Tenure: 1963–1991 · 28 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1963	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Seay authored 2 published opinions for the court (1975). Most cited: White v. White (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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1975	White v. White	314 So. 2d 187	4
1975	Block v. Orlando-Orange County Expressway Auth.	313 So. 2d 75	2

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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 was Russell E. Seay on?: Russell E. Seay was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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28 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).