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 1996 / Served to 2011

Victor Tobin

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Victor Tobin was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1996. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1996–2011 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1996	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Florida Atlantic University
University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Tobin authored 4 published opinions for the court (1988–2003). Most cited: Linn v. Linn (13 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
1988	Linn v. Linn	523 So. 2d 642	13
1988	McIntosh v. State	532 So. 2d 1129	10
2003	Boulos v. YUNG SHENG XIAMEN YONG CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO.	855 So. 2d 665	5
1988	State v. Thomas	536 So. 2d 341	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 was Victor Tobin on?: Victor Tobin was 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).