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Bertila Soto
Circuit Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 2, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Bertila Soto across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Probate — Section PMH 03
Courtroom OSJC 17.260
Maritza De Paul
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Verified 2026-08-03: the 11th's own Judicial Directory detail view for this judge publishes contact and section facts but no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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).
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2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 971 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 62 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 3, 2007–January 14, 2026) 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 62 are counted in the outcome census above.
Jorge Mendia v. Abraham Figueroa Galvez
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Probate — Section PMH 03current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom OSJC 17.260
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Elizabeth Joy Dascal v. Jacqueline Dascal Chariff, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Guillermo Bustamante v. Salvador Bustamante, etc., et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dagoberto Capo, et al. v. Julio C. Capo, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Aimee Hefley v. Lisa Colombo
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Frances Haskin, etc. v. Michael Haskin, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Sandra Steele-Thomas, etc. v. In Re: Annie Bethel Ford, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROGELIO CORDERO, etc., VS ROLANDO A. CORDERO,
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Elizabeth Joy Dascal v. In Re: Charles Dascal, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Ollie Lan, et al. v. In Re: Estate of James Howard Ridinger
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
JOHN TAULBEE and ANN TAULBEE, etc., VS AMY JEANNE KOZEL, etc.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Benzo Elias Rudnikas v. Mercedes Gisela Gonzalez
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Corey Smith v. State of Florida and Corey Smith v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
Supreme Court of Florida · Miami-Dade County
LASCAIBAR V. LASCAIBAR
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
NORONA V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
MUHAMMAD V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANCOIS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
ANDREW SCOYY V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
ROLDAN V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMIE HEARD v. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PHILLIPS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MYRIE V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Allen Griffin v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Miami-Dade County
BREWER V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
DE LA HOZ V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JACKSON V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARIAS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE V. GIL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
CALDERON V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
CRAIG WILLIAMS v. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LUCIEN V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COOPER V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MILLS V. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
VIERA V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
RONDON V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
FROMETA V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE V. LUMARQUE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LUCKNER V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MALONE V. SHER & BRUMMER, PUBLIS DEFENDER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDWARDS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
PROVIONES V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
DEL VALLE V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
NELSON VIERA V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
SUE V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
JACKSON V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BROWN V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CONLEY V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COHEN V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
BUTTS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DE LA HOZ V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
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via 11th Cir. Judicial Directory (relaunched tree; per-section Zoom on Judge-Details pages)