Anthony K. Black
Dca Judge · Second District Court of Appeal
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Dca Judge · Second District Court of Appeal
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Judge — Second District Court of Appeal
Judge Black graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. Following graduation, he worked for two years for the Chicago, Illinois, office of Price Waterhouse where he earned the designation of certified public accountant.
In 1983, Judge Black graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law and entered private practice in Chicago where he specialized in civil law. In 1985 he accepted an offer of employment with the Tampa office of the Macfarlane Ferguson law firm and in 1988 he was admitted to partnership. In 1992, Judge Black cofounded Black & Jung, P.A., where he continued to practice as a civil trial attorney until 2000 when he became a sole practitioner and a Certified NFLPA Agent.
While in private practice, Judge Black became board certified in Civil Trial Law and earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He also served as a certified mediator and as an adjunct professor of Business Law at the University of Tampa.
Judge Black practiced law for nineteen years before being appointed to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court in 2002 by Governor Jeb Bush. He was reelected to the circuit court bench in 2004 without opposition where he served until April 2010 when Governor Charlie Crist appointed him to the Second District Court of Appeal. Judge Black was retained by the electorate in 2012, 2018, and 2024.
Judge Black is the recipient of the University of Illinois College of Law Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2017. He has authored several articles for The Florida Bar Journal, and he has been active in the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and is a past member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (A.B.O.T.A.). In addition, Judge Black has served as president of the Tampa Bay Inn of Court, the William Reece Smith Inn of Court, and as a board member on behalf of the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers. Judge Black has previously served on the Subcommittee on Postconviction Relief as appointed by the Supreme Court of Florida, as well as the Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases.
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Service 2010–present.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 66 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 10, 2004–March 30, 2012) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating. Showing the 50 most recent; all 66 are counted in the outcome census above.
Holmes v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Walton v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Emmert v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Norwood v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Mayes v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
James v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Green v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Manuel v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Watson v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Walton v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Mobley v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Branton v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Delarosa v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Brown v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Burton v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Hubard v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Phelps v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Quintero v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Brown v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Farley v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Tatman v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Dixon v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Ruiz v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Mercado v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Guajardo v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Atwell v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Green v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Velazquez v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Willard v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Vasquez v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Towery v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Gay v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Briscoe v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Nunez v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Smith v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Boykins v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Flynn v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Marrero v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Margarejo v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Trevino v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Czetli v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Beasley v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Brown v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Nesbitt v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Cooper v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Vernon v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Pollard v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Walentukonis v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Strommen v. Strommen
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
State v. Johns
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
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