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Darren Steele
County Judge · Martin County Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
County Judge · Martin County Court
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910 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Darren Steele across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Judge — Martin County
Also: Appellate; Civil; Criminal; Traffic
On this assignment since January 12, 2026
County Judge — Martin County · Appellate; Civil; Criminal; Traffic
PROFILE (live circuit19.org, verified 2026-07-24): Subject areas — Appellate; Civil; Criminal; Traffic. Courthouse: Martin County Courthouse. Courtroom UNVERIFIED (not stated on the rendered profile or a current judge-specific procedure; courtroom REST index checked). Judicial assistant: Melanie Coons. Phone (772) 288-5561. Fax NOT PUBLISHED. 1 judge-specific procedure/form PDF(s) in BenchPath custody. Assignments controlled by Amended AO 2026-03 (Judicial Assignments for 2026, eff. Jan 12 2026, signed Chief Judge Charles A. Schwab).
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 Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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5 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 910 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 29 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 29, 2015–July 9, 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.
D.C.W., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
last checked September 4, 2026
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Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.C.W., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert Ramsay v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.C.W., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.C.W., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D.L., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Donald Kirk McDonald, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
F.B., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Clifford Robert Cummings v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
R.R.G., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.L., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MICAH LANGKAMP vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
John Whitelock Tellam v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
D.L., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
F.B., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
William John Montigney v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
K.A.G., A MINOR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Christopher L. Kee v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Thomas Pannier v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Jamal McFadden vs State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rodger Redin Savory v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
E.W.L., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
C.T.P., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
B.A., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.T.P., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRY LAMAR LEWIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDREW GONZALEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEVORIS BRELAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Brian Scott Christy v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
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