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Hillsborough County bench

All 84 verified judges sitting in Hillsborough County (Thirteenth Judicial Circuit), on one page — the seated trial bench, any published county-wide judicial officers, and the judges sitting here by multi-county district assignment. Statewide assignments appear in the full A–Z directory.

Adam L. Bantner

County Judge · County Civil — Division M

High

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Alissa Ellison

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division J

High

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Barbara Twine Thomas

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal — Division A

High

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Branden M. Henderson

County Judge · County Civil — Division N

High

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Caroline Tesche Arkin

Circuit Judge · Probate — Division B

High

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Catherine M. Catlin

Circuit Judge · Probate, Guardianship, Mental Health & Trust — Division A

High

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Chardean M. Hill

Child Support Hearing Officer · CSEHO-4 — Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer (Title IV-D)

High

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Charles A. Denton

Child Support Hearing Officer · CSEHO-1 — Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer (Title IV-D)

High

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Cheryl L. Mason

General Magistrate · GM-5 — General Magistrate / CSE Hearing Officer (Family Law)

High

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Cheryl Thomas

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division A

High

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Christine A. Marlewski

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division K

High

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Christine D. Edwards

County Judge · County Civil — Division I

High

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Christopher A. Phillips

Child Support Hearing Officer · CSEHO-6 — Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer (Title IV-D)

High

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Christopher Brown

County Judge · County Criminal — Division D

High

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Christopher C. Nash

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division G

High

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Christopher C. Sabella

Chief Judge · Chief Judge — Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

High

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Christopher Saba

County Judge · County Civil — Division L

High

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Colleen O'Brien

County Judge · County Civil — Division R

High

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Cory L. Chandler

Circuit Judge · East Circuit (Plant City) — Divisions R, S, U

High

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Cynthia Oster

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division E

High

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Darren D. Farfante

Circuit Judge · Business Court L

High

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Daryl M. Manning

Circuit Judge · Juvenile Dependency C

High

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Denise A. Pomponio

Circuit Judge · Marchman Act Z

High

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Elizabeth G. Rice

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal — Division I

High

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Emily Peacock

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division D

High

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Frances M. Perrone

Circuit Judge · Protective Injunctions G

High

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G. Gregory Green

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal — Division D

High

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Helene L. Daniel

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division H

High

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J. Logan Murphy

Circuit Judge · First Appearance / Emergency — Division O

High

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Jack Gutman

County Judge · County Civil — Division V

High

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James S. Giardina

County Judge · County Civil — Division H

High

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James S. Moody III

Circuit Judge · East Circuit (Plant City) — Divisions T, V, W (Administrative Judge)

High

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Jeffrey M. Rich

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division I

High

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Jennifer Ann-Gill Sarmiento

General Magistrate · GM-4 — General Magistrate / CSE Hearing Officer (Family Law)

High

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Jennifer P. Johnson

Circuit Judge · Protective Injunctions M

High

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Jennifer X. Gabbard

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division F

High

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Jeremy R. Griner

County Judge · East County (Plant City) — Criminal X

High

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Jessica G. Costello

Circuit Judge · Protective Injunctions H

High

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Joseph Frank

Traffic Hearing Officer

Medium

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Joseph M. Tompkins

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division B

High

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Katherine G. Essrig

Circuit Judge · Independent Living I

High

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Kelly A. Ayers

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division D

High

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Kim Brennan

Circuit Judge · Juvenile Delinquency B & F (Administrative Judge)

High

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Kimberly K. Fernandez

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal B

High

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Laura E. Ward

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division O

High

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Lawrence M. Lefler

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal — Division C

High

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Leslie K. Schultz-Kin

Circuit Judge · Juvenile Dependency — Division S

High

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Lila Stello

Child Support Hearing Officer · CSEHO-2 — Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer (Title IV-D)

High

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Lindsay M. Alvarez

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal — Division F

High

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Lisa A. Allen

County Judge · County Civil — Division O

High

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Lisa D. Campbell

Circuit Judge · Juvenile Dependency — Division D

High

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Lisa Phillips

General Magistrate · GM-4 — General Magistrate (Juvenile Dependency)

High

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Lyann Goudie

Circuit Judge · Trial Division 2 (Civil & Criminal)

High

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Marc S. Makholm

County Judge · County Civil — Division P

High

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Margaret R. Taylor

County Judge · County Criminal — Division B

High

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Mark D. Kiser

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division F

High

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Mark R. Wolfe

Circuit Judge · Trial Division 3 (Civil & Criminal)

High

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Mary Lou Cuellar-Stilo

Circuit Judge · Title IV-D Child Support Y

High

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Matthew A. Smith

County Judge · County Criminal — Division A

High

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Matthew L. Felix

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division A

High

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Melissa C. Black

Circuit Judge · Protective Injunctions K

High

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Melissa M. Polo

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division C

High

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Michael C. Baggé-Hernández

County Judge · County Civil — Division J

High

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Michael J. Hooi

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division E

High

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Michael J. Scionti

Circuit Judge · Mental Health M

High

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Michael S. Williams

Circuit Judge · East Circuit (Plant City) — Divisions O, P, Q

High

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Michelle D. Sisco

Circuit Judge · Trial Division 1

High

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Michelle R. Blume

General Magistrate · GM-3 — General Magistrate / CSE Hearing Officer (Family Law)

High

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Miriam Valkenburg

County Judge · County Criminal — Division C

High

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Monique M. Scott

County Judge · County Criminal — Division E

High

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Nancy Neaves

General Magistrate · A/B/U/W

Medium

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Nancy W. Lawler

Child Support Hearing Officer · CSEHO-5 — Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer (Title IV-D)

High

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Nick Nazaretian

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal — Division G

High

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Paul L. Huey

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil Division I

High

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Philip S. Wartenberg

General Magistrate · GM-1 — General Magistrate / CSE Hearing Officer (Family Law)

High

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Richard H. Martin

Circuit Judge · Juvenile Dependency — Division B

High

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Robert A. Bauman

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division J

High

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Robin F. Fuson

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division L

High

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Sabrina M. Frey

Child Support Hearing Officer · CSEHO-3 — Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer (Title IV-D)

High

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Sean Cadigan

General Magistrate

Medium

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Thomas N. Palermo

Circuit Judge · Circuit Civil — Division B

High

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Tracy L. Ellis

General Magistrate · GM-1 — General Magistrate (Juvenile Dependency)

High

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Wendy J. DePaul

Circuit Judge · Unified Family — Division C (Administrative Judge)

High

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Wesley D. Tibbals

Circuit Judge · Circuit Criminal — Division E

High

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