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Elizabeth G. Rice
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 Elizabeth G. Rice across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Division I
Courtroom Annex Crt 15
Katherine Williams
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Criminal Courthouse Annex, 401 North Jefferson Street., Room #227, Tampa, Florida 33602
Verified against Judge Elizabeth G. Rice'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).
● 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
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Rice), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge.
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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 65 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 20, 2012–June 12, 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 65 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 4, 2026
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Circuit Criminal — Division Icurrent
date not recorded — present · Courtroom Annex Crt 15
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
LaPlant v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Diaz v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Davis v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Barnett v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LaPlant v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Davis v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Johnson v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KEVIN M. OWENS vs MIKE FORTE, VILLAGE INVESTMENT, INC., AND CYPRESS PARK GARDEN HOMES CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
Evans v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Thornton v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
McBride v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Williams v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION vs ROBYN L. REY, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Thompson v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Evans v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hunter v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KEVIN M. OWENS vs MIKE FORTE, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
ANGELA DE BOSE vs UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J. JAMES ROWSEY, M. D. vs BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THROUGH ITS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
JORGE LUIS CLAUDIO-MARTINEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CARROLLWOOD COVE AT EMERALD GREENS CONDOMINIUM ASSOC., INC. vs CARROLLWOOD COVE, L L C
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES vs J. JAMES ROWSEY, M. D.
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
SONYA REIGELSPERGER vs FLORIDA SAFETY CONTRACTORS, INC. AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Shannon v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Funk v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Atwell v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Larry v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KAREEM K. KIRK, SR. vs JANET RICHARDSON AND MARIA O. OSIMEN
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ramirez v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Coffey v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Coffey v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Williams v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Higgins v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Soria-Zavala v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Smith v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Coffey v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Whitehead v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Worthy v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brown v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Figgins v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs MARIO MORALES
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION vs ROBYN L. REY
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
CLEMENTE ARIAS vs MARY ANNA PORTER, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
GARRISON PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY vs CLEMENTE ARIAS, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GERELCO TRAFFIC CONTROLS, INC., ET AL. vs STEPHANIE MING
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MELINDA S. MURRAY vs PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
IRAN RODRIGUEZ vs AVATAR PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HAROLD KRUEGER vs QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, INC., ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CARROLLWOOD CROSSINGS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. vs R & R LANDSCAPING AND LAWNCARE, INC.; GROW-MAX, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
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