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 1998

Stephan P. Mickle

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Stephan P. Mickle was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1993. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1944 · age 82
Tenure: 1993–1998 · 5 yrs
Education: University of Florida 1965

Judicial service

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

Education

University of Florida	B.A.	1965
University of Florida	M.Ed.	1966

Judicial Record

In our data, Mickle authored 123 published opinions for the court (1993–1998), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: Gray v. Bradbury (7 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. 124 of these were attributed to Mickle 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
1996	Gray v. Bradbury†	668 So. 2d 296	7
1996	Owens v. State†	679 So. 2d 44	6
1995	Mims v. State†	656 So. 2d 577	6
1993	Chrysler Credit Corp. v. United Services Automobile Ass'n†	625 So. 2d 69	6
1997	D.L.G. v. State†	701 So. 2d 379	4
1995	Horowitz v. Rose Printing Co.†	664 So. 2d 325	4
1994	Brasington Cadillac-Oldsmobile v. Martin†	641 So. 2d 442	4
1996	Reid v. State†	673 So. 2d 972	3
1996	Mims v. State†	672 So. 2d 662	3
1996	C.J.P. v. State†	672 So. 2d 62	3
1995	Scott v. State†	658 So. 2d 558	3
1995	Tucker v. Mariani†	655 So. 2d 221	3
1995	Publix Super Markets, Inc. v. McGuire†	650 So. 2d 151	3
1994	Metropolitan Dade County v. Russell†	637 So. 2d 69	3
1994	State v. Rinkins†	634 So. 2d 763	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 124 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 Stephan P. Mickle on?: Stephan P. Mickle was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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5 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).