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Senior Judge · Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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275 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Dedee S. Costello across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Senior Judge — Bay County (not assigned in AO 2026-00-03)
Administrative Order 2026-00-03 · effective July 1, 2026 – January 1, 2029
On this assignment since July 1, 2026
Senior Judge — Bay County (not assigned in AO 2026-00-03) (AO 2026-00-03, eff. 2026-07-01 – 2029-01-01)
Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Provenance attributed 2026-08-08 by the BenchPath automated pass: the official page https://jud14.flcourts.org/judges was live-verified to name this judge (sha256 307326b1dc4966a5…). Roster listing only — roster facts render; no narrative bio composed.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 59 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 7, 2004–February 5, 2025) 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 59 are counted in the outcome census above.
SE Property Holdings, LLC v. J& & LT Investments, Inc., et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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Senior Judge — Bay County (not assigned in AO 2026-00-03)current
July 1, 2026 — present
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James David Watson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Blue I, LLC vs Gulf Power Company, a Florida Corporation, Little Oyster Bar Point, LLC, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Richard Daniel Tipton VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jacks v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Shores of Panama Resort Community Association, Inc. vs STO Corp.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Sullivan v. Seaton
First District Court of Appeal · Calhoun County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nickolas Davison VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jenella Leshane Hardy vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Reggie Gathers VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Waterhaven Owners Association, Inc. vs Summit Contractors, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Cambridge Constructors, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Pucciano & English, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Dana Haynes Corporation, a Florida etc., et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Darnell Riggins vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Charito Melvin vs Coastal States Mortgage Corp, et al
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALON MOR, ET AL. vs Deutsche Bank National Trust Company etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Margarito Curiel Aguirre vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Michael Calavenzo and Patty Kelley vs Beneficial Florida Inc.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Norman David Freeman and Christy Freeman vs Chase Home Finance, LLC
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Duong Thanh Ho vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Somchai Miller vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SOMCHAI MILLER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
STEVEN LOPEZ BALDWIN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
JASON LAVELL NICKOLAS, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
J. FRANK DAMA, v. BAY BANK & TRUST CO.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Matthew Lee Caylor v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Bay County
ANTHONY L. JOHNSON, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
DAVID NICHOLS NASTASI and CHRISTINA MARIE NASTASI, individually, and as the next best friend and natural parents of DAVID NASTASI, a minor; and CHRISTINA MARIE NASTASI as the natural parent and next best friend of ANDREA MARIE CARVER, ANDREAS JOSHUA CARVER, and KRISTIN MARIE CARVER, minors, v. THE ST. JOE COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, and ARVIDA HOME BUILDERS, L.P., a Florida Limited Partnership
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
CABANA BEACH CLUN, LLC., v. KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a National banking association, in its capacity as Administrative agent, for RBS Citizens, N.A., a National banking association, d/b/a, Charter One Bank, N.A., Integra Bank National Association, a national Banking Association and KeyBank National Association, a national banking association
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
STATE OF FLORIDA, v. JEREMIAH CUOMO
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
KEVIN GLICK and LANE GLICK, v. JIM FAISON, Trustee of the Duren Family 1992 Trust
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
DANIEL K. SCHMIDT v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
RICHARD DOSS, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
ROBERT L. POHLMAN, JR. and ELIZABETH H. POHLMAN et al. v. AQUA CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPERS, LTD, an Alabama Limited Liability Company
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
VICTOR WHITEHEAD, d/b/a WHITEHEAD CONSTRUCTION, v. TYNDALL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
STATE OF FLORIDA, v. KAYLA DIANE NOWLIN
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
COASTAL COMMUNITY BANK, v. JAMES D. JONES, SUTEJ GILL, and DEBORAH GILL
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
KURT SCHROEDER and LINDA SCHROEDER, v. PEOPLELEASE CORPORATION and L & S LOGISTICS SERVICES, INC.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD OF BAY COUNTY, v. ZANE SPITZER, as Property Appraiser of Bay County, Florida, and FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, as agency of the State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
CLAY HARRIS, as personal representative of the estate of CHARLOTTE HARRIS, deceased, for the benefit of the estate and WILLIAM HARRIS, as surviving spouse, v. STEVEN GANDY, M.D., and PANHANDLE ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, INC.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
STEVEN E. JENSEN and CYNTHIA I. JENSEN v. JACH WHETSTINE and THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT OF P.C., INC.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
James Armando Card, Sr. v. State Of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Bay County
MARK D. MILLS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
ROBERT L. POHLMAN, JR. AND ELIZABETH H. POHLMAN et al. v. AQUA CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPERS, LTD., AN ALABAMA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
JEREMY COWELL PEER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
DEMETRIUS SMITH v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
Christopher Offord v. State Of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Bay County
CHRISTOPHER ODOM v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
JAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC, et al v. M & H PROFIT, INC.
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
JOHN S. LIZOTTE v. STATE OF FLORIDA178717881790
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
RICK BARNETT, as Property Appraiser of Bay County, Florida, and PEGGY BRANNON, as the Tax Collector for Bay County, Florida v. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES
First District Court of Appeal · Bay County
DEAN WILSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Washington County
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