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 2013 / Active

Timothy T. Osterhaus

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Timothy T. Osterhaus is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2013. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2013 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2013	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Osterhaus authored 55 published opinions for the court (2013–2019), plus 5 dissents and 10 concurrences. Most cited: Florida Carry, Inc. v. University of North Florida (22 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. 70 of these were attributed to Osterhaus 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
2013	Florida Carry, Inc. v. University of North Florida· Concurrence†	133 So. 3d 966	22
2014	Thomas v. State· Concurrence†	135 So. 3d 590	19
2014	BIEL REO, LLC v. Barefoot Cottages Development etc.†	156 So. 3d 506	16
2015	Megan E. Baan, as the Personal etc. v. Columbia County· Concurrence†	180 So. 3d 1127	15
2015	Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance v. Stand-Up MRI of Tallahassee, P.A.†	188 So. 3d 1	15
2015	Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Inc. v. Estate of Lawson ex rel. Lawson†	175 So. 3d 327	11
2014	Promenade D'Iberville, LLC v. Sundy†	145 So. 3d 980	10
2016	Lawrence D. Brown McCarter v. State of Florida†	204 So. 3d 529	9
2014	James H. Tipler v. State of Florida· Dissent†	149 So. 3d 1192	7
2014	Kish v. State†	145 So. 3d 225	7
2017	Bryan Grigg v. State of Florida†	230 So. 3d 943	6
2017	R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Andy R. Allen Sr., as Personal Rep. etc.· Dissent†	228 So. 3d 684	6
2015	Florida Carry, Inc. v. University of Florida· Concurrence†	180 So. 3d 137	6
2015	Buie v. Bluebird Landing Owner's Ass'n†	172 So. 3d 519	6
2013	Gennette v. State· Dissent†	124 So. 3d 273	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 70 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 Timothy T. Osterhaus on?: Timothy T. Osterhaus is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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13 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).