Elizabeth Metzger
Circuit Judge · Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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910 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Elizabeth Metzger across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Martin County
Also: Appellate; Criminal
On this assignment since January 12, 2026
Circuit Judge — Martin County · Appellate; Criminal
PROFILE (live circuit19.org, verified 2026-07-24): Subject areas — Appellate; Criminal. Courthouse: Martin County Courthouse. Courtroom UNVERIFIED (not stated on the rendered profile or a current judge-specific procedure; courtroom REST index checked). Judicial assistant: Sujey Seda. Phone (772) 223-4827. Fax NOT PUBLISHED. 1 judge-specific procedure/form PDF(s) in BenchPath custody. Assignments controlled by Amended AO 2026-03 (Judicial Assignments for 2026, eff. Jan 12 2026, signed Chief Judge Charles A. Schwab).
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 Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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6 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 910 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 86 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 24, 2007–June 10, 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 86 are counted in the outcome census above.
Brian West v. Shimon Wolkowicki, et al.
last checked September 4, 2026
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TRACY SHARPE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SFR Services, LLC, a/a/o Robert Heggerick, et al. v. Tower Hill Prime Insurance Company
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees v. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
PETER ALLEN ANDERSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION VS MAXIMO R. TRINIDAD and
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MICHAEL R. MAISONNEUVE and CYNTHIA A. MAISONNEUVE vs SITUS INVESTMENTS, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Alphonso Cave v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
TERRY CUSICK VS SEACOAST NATIONAL BANK,
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees v. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Gary Salter and Joyce Salter v. Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CRAIG B. DANZIG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Clayton Palmgren v. Lisa Feltenberger, et al
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Healthy Food Experts, LLC v. Amguard Insurance Company
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JOHN DAVID WILSON, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Steven M. Selz v. Jurgen Timperman, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) VS JACK TOWNSEND III, TRUSTEE,
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Trina Elson-West v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company and Norman Frederick Hickmore
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KELVIN FRAZIER VS RICKY DIXON, Secretary, Department of Corrections
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID C. HILL as Trustee of the David C. Hill Revocable Trust, etc., et al. vs VERTEX DEVELOPMENT, LLC, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER MCGRATH vs RITA MCGRATH
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Steven M. Selz v. Jurgen Timperman, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BEVERLY A. ELLIS and FREDERICK J. ELLIS VS US BANK TRUST, N.A.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARTHA L. WARD vs HSBC BANK USA, N.A.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Medalist Building Group, LLC, et al. v. Martin County, Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James R. Corbett v. Oakmont Custom Homes, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EARL SHEPHERD and SANDRA SHEPHERD vs U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GLEN W. DAVIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lenard James Philmore v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Martin County
JAMES ANTWON HASLOM vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DANIEL D. LENZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
WILLIE HOGAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RONNIE TRAVIS KRUSE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RANDY LEWIS SIMMONS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN DAVID WHITE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TAHSEEM RICHARDSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAY SCOTT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSHUA XAVIER HAMPTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L.C. WILKINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THERESA FINNEGAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT TRIBBLE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLES W. DOWELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
YULIA V. FOREST vs L. LISA BATTS and STUART LAW GROUP, P.A.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ZEPHANIAH GARCIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RONNIE TRAVIS KRUSE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DERRICK WILKINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Joseph Brown, III v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Daniel Kevin Ross v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
LEON TAYLOR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLES WASHINGTON DRUMMOND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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