David P. Johnson
County Judge · Orange County Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
County Judge · Orange County Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge David P. Johnson across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Civil — Division 6/71 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2025-2026 Orange County Judge, Civil; 2024 Orange County Judge, Criminal; 2023-2024 Orange County Judge, Civil; 2019-2022 Orange County Judge, Criminal; 2017-2018 Orange County Judge, Civil — Education: Juris Doctor: University of Florida; Bachelor of Arts: Michigan State University — Professional Activities: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys; Important Information; County Civil Division - 9th Judicial Circuit Court Calendar; Orange County
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Published forms & procedures: Guidelines and Procedures
Verified against Judge David P. Johnson's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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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://ninthcircuit.org/judges/orange-county/david-p-johnson), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 1 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 545 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 11 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 8, 2022–May 8, 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.
MICHELLE DECKER VS KATEAU CERISME AND PHIVE STAR HAIR BOUTIQUE, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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VICTORIA RHEA HALL v. MATTHEW MCKEEVER and MICHAEL MCKEEVER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
IVETTE MARIE GONZALEZ GONZALEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MATTHEW KOLBY MORSE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
XIOMARA TORRES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ZOE AJJAHNON VS EDWARD SANDLER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WERKNRUST, INC. VS GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MAHESH RAMCHANNDANI v. 111 SOUTH KNOWLES PARTNERS, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JANITA YAMAYA ASIA MARIE HUCKABA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY vs AFFINITY HEALTHCARE CENTER AT WATERFORD LAKES, PL A/A/O ERNST PEREIRA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MICHELLE DECKER VS KATEAU CERISME AND PHIVE STAR HAIR BOUTIQUE, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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