Cynthia Pivacek
Senior Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Senior Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Cynthia Pivacek across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Senior Judge — Lee County
Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Verified against Judge Cynthia Pivacek's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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 Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=pivacek), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge.
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 811 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 33 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 7, 2010–July 10, 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.
ALLSTATE CONSTRUCTION ROOFING, INC. VS DAVID SCHIMELPFENIG AND
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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BARBARA GOLDENZIEL VS STEPHEN H. ISER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JUAN S. TORO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LITESTREAM HOLDINGS, LLC vs STEVEN KOVACHEFF
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY vs ESTATE OF STAFFORD COSBY, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY vs ESTATE OF STAFFORD COSBY, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MARINA ROSENFIELD v. JEXY PEREZ ZAYAS o/b/o DANIEL PICHS, JR. and DANA MARTINEZ
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JUSTIN MUELLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DiLorenzo v. Kevin Lam, D.P.M
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Hiller v. Phoenix Associates of South Florida, Inc.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Gulf Eagle, LLC v. Park East Development, Ltd.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Neapolitan Enterprises, LLC v. The City of Naples
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
SDS-IC v. Florida Concentrates International, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
The Retreat at Port of the Islands, LLC v. Port of the Islands Resort Hotel Condominium Association, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Harllee v. Procacci
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Young v. Naples Community Hospital, Inc.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
14-1208
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Collier County v. Hussey
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
East Coast Metal Decks, Inc. v. Boran Craig Barber Engel Construction Co., Inc.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
American Home Assurance Co., Inc. v. Sebo
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Olesky v. Stapleton
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Smith v. Llamas
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Shakespeare v. Prince
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Dillard v. Agency of Health Care Administration
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Jones v. Pfaff
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Weber v. Marino Parking Systems, Inc.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Brock v. Bowein
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Jyurovat v. Universal Property & Casualty Insur. Co.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Jiminez v. Faccone
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
11-3037
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Land Development Services, Inc. v. Gulf View Townhomes, LLC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Ariz
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari and Petition for Writ of Prohibition to the Circuit Court for Collier County
Murtagh, M.D. v. Hurley
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
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