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Senior Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Bernard Shapiro across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Third District Court of Appeal (Miami).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 971 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 75 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 18, 2007–April 20, 2022) 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 75 are counted in the outcome census above.
JOSE A. VELAZQUEZ vs YURDYS LORA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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BENNETT DAVID FRANK vs MARSHA KAY FRANK
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
ESTHER FRANK, vs MARSHA KAY FRANK AND BENNETT DAVID FRANK,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
HEATHER MIGNOTT, vs GARFIELD MIGNOTT,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
STEPHANIE OROZCO, vs CARLOS RODRIGUEZ-AMADEO,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MARLEN PERNETTI, vs TELESFORO NINO PERNETTI,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
FELIX MADERA, vs ROSELLA MADERA, etc.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LERON LEVY, vs MARIANNA MAKRI,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SERGEY NOVOV, vs LARISA NOVOVA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
YURIORKIS GAMBOA TOLEDANO, vs HAYDEE GARCIA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MONIA BENBRAHIM LAFITTE, vs SERGE LAFITTE,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN ATHEA, vs MONICA ATHEA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARISTIZABAL V. PINA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
EMMALY LUGO, vs LARRY FITZGERALD, JR.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MENDEZ V. MENDEZ LOPEZ, ET AL.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SCHLESINGER, ET AL. V. JACOB
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
ROCA RODRIGUEZ V. ROCA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
MARTINEZ V. FERNANDEZ-URIATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
HUFFMAN V. BEAN, ET AL.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
YERGIN V. GEORGOPOLOS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LANZA V. LANZA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
RODRIGUEZ V. LORENZO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDELSBURG V. TZYNDER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
HERNANDEZ SR. V. HERNANDEZ
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
GILLER AND GROSSMAN V. GILLER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
ALVAREZ III V. AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DRIESSEN V. OLIVER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
HALL V. HALL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
HERNANDEZ SR., ET AL. V. HERNANDEZ
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LINDE V. LINDE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
FL DEPT. OF REVENUE V. JAMES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SORIANO V. IN RE: MANES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
MCKNIGHT V. GUARDIANSHIP MCKNIGHT, ET AL.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GILLER & GILLER V. GILLER & GROSSMAN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SAM SUGAR, ET AL V. IN RE:STERN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SORDO V. CAMBLIN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
C.M.M. & I.M.M. V. GUARDIANSHIP OF C.A.M.S.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EASON, ET AL. V. WARE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STERN, ET AL., V. OPPENHEIMER TRUST
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
ROCCA, ET AL. V. RONES, ET AL.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATEU, A/K/A TOUPS V. MATEU
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTON V. ANTON
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
HODGES V. HODGES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROJO v. ROJO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
RIERA V. RIERA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
RIERA V. RIERA
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
BELKIN V. AMADOR DE BELKIN
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MURPHY V. EVANS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SUEIRO V. GALLARDO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
CORDOVES V. CORDOVES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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