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Chief Judge — Sixth District Court of Appeal
Judge Traver grew up outside Chicago, Illinois, and he attended college at Cornell University. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, with a concentration in Law & Society. At Cornell, he was a Division I athlete all four years, competing in Varsity Track and Cross Country. He graduated with honors from law school at Loyola University Chicago, where he was a member of Loyola’s Law Journal.
After graduation, Judge Traver moved to Orlando and clerked for The Honorable G. Kendall Sharp, a Senior United States District Court Judge. Following a year in private practice in Chicago, he returned to Orlando and joined a state-wide commercial law firm, where he spent nearly a decade practicing complex commercial litigation at the firm’s flagship office. Over that time, he progressed from junior associate to equity shareholder. His practice encompassed contract, fraud and real estate disputes, bank litigation and professional malpractice cases. He appeared in state, federal, bankruptcy, and juvenile court.
In 2014, Governor Rick Scott appointed Judge Traver as a circuit judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit, and the citizens of Orange and Osceola Counties re-elected him to that position in 2016. He served in the family/domestic violence, criminal felony, and complex business divisions. Judge Traver has been active in statewide court education, teaching other judges about domestic violence hearings as part of the Florida Institute on Interpersonal Violence.
In 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Judge Traver to the Fifth District Court of Appeal. When the Sixth District Court of Appeal was created in 2023, Governor DeSantis recommissioned him to this Court.
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Chief Judge, Sixth District Court of Appeal.
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ANDRE I. DUNBAR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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CHRISTOPHER BOATWRIGHT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TALEEK M MITCHELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ISRAEL TORRES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LUCAS SANCHEZ REED vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARYL CHARLES ALI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES HUBERT STEWART, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARY ELLEN CHRISTENSEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SAHDARIAN D. FRANKLIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDRE I. DUNBAR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DIEGO PARENTE AVENA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARK DAVID WARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD SULLINS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JOSHUWA D. HODGES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY CICINO SILVERO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RALPH LESCOE BYRD, III vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
QUINTICE LASHAY CALDWELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARREL L. RAYFORD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL ANGEL CORUJO MERCADO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAMEON MOORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANK D. SCOTT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RUBEN J. TORRES-MELENDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs GEOVADLY GARRY PIERRE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY HODGES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JERRY SANCHEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICARDO WILSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM MARRERO, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GUILLERMO A. RUBENS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EMANUEL FORTY LOPEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EZELL HARRIS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEPHEN VINCENT BARONE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HECTOR R. COLLAZO-RAMIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDREW ZIMZORES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAKELL JUAN WARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JUNY ABRAHAM vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT L. EVINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERIC SORIANO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KELVIN DAVIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KWANTEDIOUS LAMONT ROSS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CEDRIC KING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NOLAN DARNELL BERNARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CARLTON SMITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TRAVIS BUSH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRYAN SANTOS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LOUIS MERCADO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEPHEN EDWARD CAPONEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TIMMY LEE COBB vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DOUGLAS ALTON NETTLES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHANIEL LAMAR WOODS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY JORDAN BEIBER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
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