Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Verified judges, local rules, standing orders, and controlling division-assignment orders for Broward County — every entry cites its official source with a last-verified date.
Official site: https://www.17th.flcourts.org
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assignment orders
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- Divisional Instructions234
- Remote / Zoom Hearings206
- Special Set Hearings166
- Trial Exhibits166
- Deadlines & Time Computation151
- Motion Calendar132
- Meet & Confer107
- Judge Preferences102
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Counties in this circuit
Controlling division-assignment orders
- Seventeenth Cir. — Division 04: Hearings
- Broward Division 04 — Discovery
- Broward Division 04 — Exhibits
- Broward Division 04 — Proposed orders
- Seventeenth Cir. — Division 04: Discovery
- Seventeenth Cir. — Division 04: Exhibits & evidence
- Seventeenth Cir. — Division 04: Remote appearances
- Seventeenth Cir. — Division 04: Motion calendar
- Broward Division 04 — Case management
- Broward Division 04 — Divisional requirements
- Broward Division 04 — Divisional requirements
- Broward Division 04 — Hearing time
- Broward Division 04 — Motion calendar
- Broward Division 04 — Remote appearances
- Seventeenth Cir. — Division 04: Judge preferences
Bench (101 judicial officers)
Circuit judges
Carol-Lisa Phillips · BrowardAlberto Ribas, Jr. · BrowardAndrew L. Siegel · BrowardAri Abraham Porth · BrowardBarbara R. Duffy · BrowardBernard I. Bober · BrowardCarlos Augusto Rodriguez · BrowardCatalina Avalos · BrowardChris Brown · BrowardChristopher Wigand · BrowardDaniel A. Casey · BrowardDavid A. Haimes · BrowardEdward H. Merrigan Jr. · BrowardElaine A. Carbuccia · BrowardElijah H. Williams · BrowardErnest A. Kollra, Jr. · BrowardFabienne E. Fahnestock · BrowardFrancis Viamontes · BrowardFrank Ledee · BrowardGeorge Odom, Jr. · BrowardHope Tieman Bristol · BrowardJames R. Harris · BrowardJeffrey R. Levenson · BrowardJessica M. Marra · BrowardJohn B. Bowman · BrowardJose Izquierdo · BrowardKeathan B. Frink · BrowardKenneth L. Gillespie · BrowardKevin P. Tynan · BrowardKristin R. Kanner · BrowardLauren M. Alperstein · BrowardLorena V. Mastrarrigo · BrowardMarina Garcia-Wood · BrowardMarlon J. Weiss · BrowardMartin Bidwill · BrowardMartin S. Fein · BrowardMichael A. Robinson · BrowardMichael A. Usan · BrowardMichael Davis · BrowardMichael G. Kaplan · BrowardMichael I. Rothschild · BrowardMichael J. Orlando · BrowardMichael Lynch · BrowardMichele Towbin Singer · BrowardN. Hunter Davis · BrowardNatasha DePrimo · BrowardNicholas Lopane · BrowardPascale Achille · BrowardPeter Holden · BrowardShari Africk-Olefson · BrowardStacey Schulman · BrowardStacy Ross · BrowardStefanie C. Moon · BrowardSusan L. Alspector · BrowardThomas J. Coleman · BrowardTim Bailey · BrowardYael Gamm · Broward
County judges
Allison Gilman · BrowardBetsy Benson · BrowardCorey Amanda Cawthon · BrowardCorey B. Friedman · BrowardDaniel J. Kanner · BrowardDeborah Carpenter-Toye · BrowardEllen Feld · BrowardFlorence Taylor Barner · BrowardGinger Lerner-Wren · BrowardGiuseppina Miranda · BrowardJackie Powell · BrowardJennifer Wigand Hilal · BrowardJeremy I. Franker · BrowardJill K. Levy · BrowardJohn D. Fry · BrowardJohn Hurley · BrowardKal Evans · BrowardKathleen E. Angione · BrowardKathleen McCarthy · BrowardKathleen McHugh · BrowardKenneth A. Gottlieb · BrowardKim Theresa Mollica · BrowardLauren N. Peffer · BrowardMelinda Brown · BrowardMichele McCaul Ricca · BrowardNina W. Di Pietro · BrowardOlga Levine · BrowardPhoebee Francois · BrowardSteven P. DeLuca · BrowardTabitha B. Eves · BrowardWoody R. Clermont · Broward
Magistrates, hearing officers & senior judges
Allana Robinson Woods · BrowardAnnette J. Szorosy · BrowardCaleb S. Johnston · BrowardDenise E. Kistner · BrowardHilary Creary · BrowardLinda Ivelisse Gonzalez · BrowardLucy Ramos Miller · BrowardStephanie Matalon · BrowardYves P. Laventure · BrowardMatthew Tannenbaum · BrowardMichael Sullivan · BrowardRebecca Frieden · BrowardChristopher Pole · Broward
Titles shown as circuit judges, county judges, and quasi-judicial officers per the official directory.
Recently verified rules
Search all rules →Divisional InstructionsBroward County · Division 82 — West Satellite (82/WC) · Judge Lauren N. Peffer
Judge Lauren N. Peffer — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division 82) [PREEMPTED]
Division 82 (Judge Lauren N. Peffer) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Medium — verify before relying· verified October 13, 202617th Jud. Cir. (Broward), Division 82 Procedures — AI filing requirement; see AO 2026-03-Gen; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2), AOSC26-12
Divisional InstructionsBroward County · Division FJ — Circuit Criminal (Felony) · Judge George Odom, Jr.
Judge George Odom, Jr. — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division FJ) [PREEMPTED]
Division FJ (Judge George Odom, Jr.) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Medium — verify before relying· verified October 13, 202617th Jud. Cir. (Broward), Division FJ Procedures — AI filing requirement; see AO 2026-03-Gen; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2), AOSC26-12
Divisional InstructionsBroward County · Division 63 — Domestic Violence · Judge Stefanie C. Moon
Judge Stefanie C. Moon — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division 63) [PREEMPTED]
Division 63 (Judge Stefanie C. Moon) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Medium — verify before relying· verified October 13, 202617th Jud. Cir. (Broward), Division 63 Procedures — AI filing requirement; see AO 2026-03-Gen; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2), AOSC26-12
Divisional InstructionsBroward County · Division 56 — County Civil · Judge Betsy Benson
Judge Betsy Benson — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division 56) [PREEMPTED]
Division 56 (Judge Betsy Benson) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Medium — verify before relying· verified October 13, 202617th Jud. Cir. (Broward), Division 56 Procedures — AI filing requirement; see AO 2026-03-Gen; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2), AOSC26-12
Divisional InstructionsBroward County · Division 80 — West Satellite (80/WB) · Judge Olga Levine
Judge Olga Levine — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division 80) [PREEMPTED]
Division 80 (Judge Olga Levine) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Medium — verify before relying· verified October 13, 202617th Jud. Cir. (Broward), Division 80 Procedures — AI filing requirement; see AO 2026-03-Gen; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2), AOSC26-12
Divisional InstructionsBroward County · Division 36 — Unified Family · Judge Kevin P. Tynan
Judge Kevin P. Tynan — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division 36) [PREEMPTED]
Division 36 (Judge Kevin P. Tynan) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.
Medium — verify before relying· verified October 13, 202617th Jud. Cir. (Broward), Division 36 Procedures — AI filing requirement; see AO 2026-03-Gen; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2), AOSC26-12
Remote / Zoom HearingsBroward County · Judge George Odom, Jr.
Seventeenth Cir. — Judge George Odom, Jr.: Remote appearances
9 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Medium — verify before relying· verified September 17, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-fj/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24
Remote / Zoom HearingsBroward County · Judge Tim Bailey
Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Tim Bailey: Remote appearances
3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Medium — verify before relying· verified September 17, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-fh/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24
Remote / Zoom HearingsBroward County · Hearing Officer Rebecca Frieden
Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Rebecca Frieden: Remote appearances
4 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Medium — verify before relying· verified September 17, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-95/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24
Remote / Zoom HearingsBroward County · Hearing Officer Matthew Tannenbaum
Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Matthew Tannenbaum: Remote appearances
4 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Medium — verify before relying· verified September 17, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-96-2/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24
Remote / Zoom HearingsBroward County · Judge Jill K. Levy
Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Jill K. Levy: Remote appearances
4 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Medium — verify before relying· verified September 17, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-mp/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24
Remote / Zoom HearingsBroward County · Judge Kim Theresa Mollica
Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Kim Theresa Mollica: Remote appearances
12 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Medium — verify before relying· verified September 17, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-70/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24