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Circuit Judge · Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court
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320 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Edward Nicholas across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Family Division 3 — Manatee County
Also: Administrative Judge — Unified Family Court (DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties; operational authority to implement UFC policy and procedures circuit-wide); Administrative Judge — Family Division, Manatee; Hague Convention Cases (Manatee County)
Effectiveeffective June 1, 2026
Circuit Family Division 3 — Manatee County · Administrative Judge — Unified Family Court (DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties; operational authority to implement UFC policy and procedures circuit-wide); Administrative Judge — Family Division, Manatee; Hague Convention Cases (Manatee County) (eff. 2026-06-01)
Circuit Family Division 3. ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE (effective June 1, 2026, per the court's published Judicial Assignments at https://jud12.flcourts.org/About/Judges): Administrative Judge — Unified Family Court (DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties; operational authority to implement UFC policy and procedures circuit-wide); Administrative Judge — Family Division, Manatee; Hague Convention Cases (Manatee County).
Verified 2026-08-02: this circuit publishes NO judge portraits. The 1st's Sanity CMS judge documents carry no image field at all (38 checked via the content API), and the 12th's Judges page serves only a logo, an email-signature graphic and an Adobe button. The missing photo is a court fact, not a harvest gap.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
● LiveThat court's published bench (15): Andrea Teves Smith, Anthony K. Black, Craig C. Villanti, Daniel H. Sleet, Edward C. LaRose, J. Andrew Atkinson, John Guard, Matthew C. Lucas, Morris Silberman, Nelly Khouzam, Patricia J. Kelly, Robert Morris, Stevan T. Northcutt, Susan H. Rothstein-Youakim
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1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 320 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 195 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 9, 2005–July 29, 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 195 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
BARBER v. MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Cosgrove v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hurst, Estate of Howard Mathews v. Bell
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
BARBARA L. STEPHENS VS U. S. BANK, N. A., ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BEN VITALE VS PALMETTO CHARTER SCHOOL, INC., AND EVAN R. GUIDO
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JARQUES LAMAR RANDALL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WOOD v. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/ K/ A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTONIO COLIZZA VS IMPERIAL HOUSE OF BRADENTON BEACH CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS, INC., MCCULLA v. MATCH, DR. JOEL MATCH
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, A/S/O VIRGILIO PEREZ Y. PEREZ, et al v. LAGUNA RIVIERA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
RANDY PERNELL WILSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GEORGE CERRON AND CARMEN CERRON vs PERSONAL INVESTMENT, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WHITE v. PROGRESSIVE SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY and HUGHES INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Betten v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CAROLYN M. GEWEYE VS WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, F S B
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MANATEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VS DANIEL DOMBROSKI
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALEXANDER ODISHELIDZE vs ALEXANDRINA MCGONIGAL
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rennhack v. Walmart Stores, Inc.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hurst, Estate of Howard Mathews v. Bell
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
WHITE v. HUGHES INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., PROGRESSIVE SELECT INSURANCE CO.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELENA CASSELLA vs THE TRAVELERS HOME AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Brown, Leblanc-Simard v. Thomas, Thomas
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
SFR Services, LLC, Wild Oak Bay Owners Association, Inc. v. American Coastal Insurance Company
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, A/S/O VIRGILIO PEREZ Y. PEREZ, et al v. LAGUNA RIVIERA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
PARADISE BAY ESTATES, INC. VS STEPHAN RAU, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WHITE v. HUGHES INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., PROGRESSIVE SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bowden, Bowden v. Nations Direct Mortgage, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LUIS ANTONIO BECKETT - MORALES AND SHARON TALAMANTES - SANTIAGO VS CRAIGER SCHEUER
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
LORETTA M. SHOVLIN, VS MICHAEL B. MARCINIAK
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
YOKSICH v. PHILIP W. TALLY, MD, NEURO/SPINAL ASSOCIATES, PA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CYNTHIA M. PRICE VS SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION F/K/A SUNCOAST SCHOOLS FEDERAL CREDIT
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Shaffer v. U. S. Bank National Association
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nieman v. Paradise Bay Estates, Inc., Scrudato, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HAZEN, TRAN v. THE CITY OF HOLMES BEACH
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AMI LOCALS, LLC AND PRIME VACATIONS, LLC v. THAXTER, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sunlife Funding, LLC, Averbuch v. ARCPE 1, LLC, Baribish, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GEDEON v. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/ K/ A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE, CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWABS, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROBERT LINDBLOOM vs PARRISH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REGINALD A. KIT, SR. vs MARK A. NELSON, ESQ., ON BEHALF OF SAM SHANNON, JR., MARTHA CENTENO HERNANDEZ, JOSE CENTENO GOMEZ, MANATEE COUNTY COURT REPORTER, MANATEE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REED MAPES vs CITY OF BRADENTON BEACH AND JACK CLARKE, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LUZ SANABRIA AND GAETANO PIRO vs PENNY MAC MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST HOLDINGS I, L L C
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERICA ELLERSON vs BRENDEN S. MORIARTY, ESQUIRE AND THE MORIARTY LAW FIRM, P. A.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CITY OF HOLMES BEACH vs MOJITO SPLASH, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CEDRIC HOUSTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
VIRGINIA MIRRO vs FREEDOM BOAT CLUB, L L C, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHRISTOPHER BADEN, ET AL vs VIRGINIA BADEN, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SAHER ALKAYYAL KADER vs ASHOD N. AMIRIAN, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THOMAS W. ROGERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TAYLOR & FULTON PACKING, LLC vs PORGES, HAMLIN, KNOWLES & HAWK, P. A. AND TIMOTHY A. KNOWLES
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PALEMON OCAMPO - TELLEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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