County Judge · Orange County Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Elizabeth J. Starr across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Criminal — Division 7/61 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2023-2026 Orange County Judge, Criminal; 2019-2022 Orange County Judge, Civil; 2015-2018 Orange County Judge, Criminal — Education: Juris Doctor: New York Law School; Bachelor of Science, Economics and Business Management, Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Economics Honor Society: Stony Brook University — Professional Activities: Member, The Florida Bar; Volunteer, Justice Teaching Program; Volunteer, “Benchmarks: Raising the Bar on Civics Education,”; Member, Consumer Protection Committee 2011-2014; Co-Chair, Judicial Outreach Subcommittee 2013-2014; Member, Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “C” 2014; Member, Orange County Bar Association (OCBA); OCBA Social Committee 2012-2013; Co-Chair, Trivia Fundraiser Event 2012; Member, Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers (CFAWL); Volunteer, CFAWL Runway for Justice 2012; Mentor, CFAWL; Board Member, Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County; Rotary Club of Orlando, Member
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Orange County Courthouse
Published forms & procedures: Guidelines and Procedures
Verified against Judge Elizabeth J. Starr's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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 Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://ninthcircuit.org/judges/orange-county/elizabeth-j-starr), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 1 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 545 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 8 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 4, 2021–August 19, 2022) 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.
PROSPORT CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS, INC., A/A/O VALDORAMA MIDY vs MGA INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 3, 2026
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via 9th Circuit — Division 44 procedures (Judge Luis F. Calderon)
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DEPOSITORS INSURANCE COMPANY vs PASCO-PINELLAS HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM, D/B/A FLORIDA HOSPITAL WESLEY CHAPEL, A/A/O ALMA L. MCKINNEY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
WELLNESS AND REHABILITATION CENTER OF POMPANO P.A. A/A/O SANTIAGO CANARIO vs UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KC QUALITY CARE, LLC A/A/O ESTEL JEAN-BAPTISTE vs DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
SIGMA FUNDING GROUP, LLC, A/A/O ANDRES DIAZ AND SYLVIA DIAZ vs SECURITY FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MARGARET MARAMBIO, CARLOS R. SOTO OLGUIN, CARLOS AUGUSTIN SOTO AND MARGARET KATHERINE SOTO vs VIKRAM KHANDELWALVS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BEN JACKSON vs BMI SMART PARKING
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ISMAEL VIRUET vs GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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