Denise A. Pomponio
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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451 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Denise A. Pomponio across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Marchman Act Z
Also: Juvenile Delinquency A · Juvenile Drug Court E
Courtroom Annex Crt 30/40/32
Marchman Act Z · Juvenile Delinquency A · Juvenile Drug Court E
Deborah Sabella
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Education: Law School: South Texas College of Law Houston, Texas; Undergraduate: University of South Florida Tampa, Florida B.A., Criminal Justice — Professional Activities: Florida Bar Association; Hillsborough County Bar Association; South Texas College of Law Alumni Association; University of South Florida Alumni Association; Community Involvement; Hispanic Woman of the Year (Government, 1998); Hispanic Business Womens’ Association; Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention; Instructor, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA. (A.T.F.); International Association of Arson Investigators; Instructor, Florida Fire College; Florida Prosecuting Attorneys’ Association (FPAA); Legal Counsel, Hillsborough County Arson Task Force; Counselor, Camp Hopetake (Burn Survivor Camp)
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Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs St., Room #426, Tampa, Florida 33602
Published forms & procedures: 12 Rules of Courtroom Civility Form; Uniform Order Setting Final Hearing and Pretrial Conference; Judicial Practices and Procedures
Verified against Judge Denise A. Pomponio's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
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 Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
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Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Pomponio), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 3 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 451 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.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 66 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 10, 2004–June 6, 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 66 are counted in the outcome census above.
JAMES W. FUNDERBURK vs MARCI L. RICENBAW F/ K/ A MARCI L. FUNDERBURK
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label):
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
CHRISTIAN SCOTT vs ADAM C. SCOTT
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY V. DISTEFANO vs ANDREA L. DIAZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JESSENIA AULET PEREZ vs LUIS D. MOLINA SERRANO
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L. B. vs IN RE: INVOLUNTARY PLACEMENT
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Property Solutions Powerhouse, LLC v. Nelson
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
RUPERT A. PADMORE vs MARVENE J. PADMORE, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
KAJ GRUNING vs SARA JARAMILLO
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERROL PHILLIP vs ANITA RUSHING
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSE A. SALAZAR vs ENHICIS VIAMONTE
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RUPERT A. PADMORE vs MARVENE J. PADMORE
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
E. L. A., JR. vs M. F. M.
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHIRLEY A. JACKSON VS CHAVVIS CAMPBELL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM H. HILBRANDS vs BEA C. HILBRANDS
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
EMILY A. HARRINGTON, VS JOHN KEMP
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
S. H. Y. vs P. G.
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHRISTOPHER CLARK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Formolo v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Steponik v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Aubuchon v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Odom v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
White v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Hay v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
State v. Morival
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
State v. Albritton
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Santana v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Z.C.B. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
State v. Legnosky
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Matthews, Jr. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
State v. Townsend
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Ross v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Hankins v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
L.B.B. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
M.N. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
E.A.D. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
G.J.T. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
M.E.R. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
J.A.B. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
G.T.J. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
N.H.M. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
C.M.S. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
D.B.B. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Kelly v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
S.E.B. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
D.B.A. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Gonse v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
C.G.H. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
A.S.P. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
S.A.S. v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Rohr v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Prohibition to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
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