Judge Garrett Hill — Columbia County Practice Preferences & Procedures

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405 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Garrett Hill across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.

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Current assignment

County seat pending

About Judge Garrett Hill

Judicial Assignments Columbia County Court First Appearance Criminal Traffic County Criminal (misdemeanor) Acting Circuit Judge Circuit Criminal Felony Division A - defendant’s last name A-K County Family Probate & Guardianship Education Juris Doctor: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

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Appellate exposure

Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).

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That court's published bench (13): Joseph Lewis, Jr., L. Clayton Roberts, Lance E. Neff, Lori S. Rowe, M. Kemmerly Thomas, Rachel E. Nordby, Raymond F. Treadwell, Robert E. Long, Jr., Ross L. Bilbrey, Stephanie W. Ray, Susan L. Kelsey, Thomas D. Winokur, Timothy D. Osterhaus

Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).

Provenance

Verified from: Official court page
Last verified: July 25, 2026
This judge's own court page: Garrett Hill on thirdcircuitfl.org →Their individual profile — biography, division, chambers contact and any procedures or forms they publish. Not the circuit's judge directory.

Provenance attributed 2026-08-08: official page https://thirdcircuitfl.org/judges/judge-garrett-hill/ live-verified to name this judge (sha256 d7654f4309ab5f01…). No clean biographical prose was extractable from the page (it served procedures/contact/referral text); roster facts render, narrative withheld.

1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 405 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.

Local-rule conflict sentinel

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Judge PreferencesColumbia County · Judge Garrett Hill

Third Cir. — Judge Garrett Hill: Judge preferences

3 verbatim courtroom requirements published by Judge Garrett Hill.

High confidence· verified July 25, 2026Third Judicial Circuit, published profile and practice materials of Judge Garrett Hill — harvested live and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.

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Ruling intelligence

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Registered sources for this judge's rules

3rd Circuit — Order categoriesHealthy
last checked September 3, 2026

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Assignment history

County seat pendingcurrent
date not recorded — present
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