Dennis Craig
Circuit Judge · Seventh Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventh Judicial Circuit Court
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378 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Dennis Craig across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Div 31 Circuit Civil — Volusia County
Circuit Judge Dennis Craig was elected to the bench in 2010. He earned his undergraduate degree from Duquesne University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1997 and previously served as an Assistant State Attorney in the State Attorney’s Office and worked in private practice in Pennsylvania. He currently hears civil cases at the Steven C. Henderson Judicial Center in Daytona Beach.
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Steven C. Henderson Judicial Center, 125 E. Orange Ave., Suite 307, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Published forms & procedures: Uniform case management order; Division Procedures and Helpful Information; Benchmark Calendaring instructions; CME Guidelines; Foreclosure Checklist
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 378 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 149 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 4, 2013–June 5, 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 149 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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BRADLEY DAVID HOOPER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BROOKS MCLEAN MITCHELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AL RUE HOPKINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GEORGE FREDRICK HICKS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
FREDERICK HUNTS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ISRAEL NIEVES RIOS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALAIN BARUCHEL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
DAVID ARRON DOWLING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL JOSEPH COCHRAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHAN D. FINCH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL T. JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHAN D. FINCH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN LINSSENS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DONALD JODY TOMLINSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DERICK STYRON JONES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DYLAN A. JONES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHAN D. FINCH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHAN D. FINCH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES ROBERT SCHULTZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRANCE DAMON JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KYLE CHRISTIANSEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DYLAN A. JONES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID LEE DEBENEDICTIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARK JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN GRIFFIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEROY RASHAD GADSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN CALVIN MAI, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEVIN E. WILMOT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JUSTIN T. DUVALL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATHANIEL JONES JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRY RANDALL ROBINSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES RICHARD BURNETTE, III vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JUDSON R. VEDDER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DONALD MCNABB vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY RALPH ANNATONE, III vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON WILLIAM ATTRIDE vs OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
OWEN DARR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY M. WALKER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Vol us i a County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
NATHANIEL JONES, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JENNIFER JILL JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN SANDERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRANDON E. WASHINGTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Flagler County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
ALTOINE MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs ANTHONY ALDEN PANOS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL WYNN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BERTRAM MANN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAMIEN RASHAUN BRIGGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DIONISIA ALTAGR ARROYO-PAULINO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MONTARIO ROYALS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Volusia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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