County Judge · Duval County Court
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1,748 verified requirements and 8 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Gary Flower across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Court — Division N (Duval)
Gary P. Flower Judge Flower is a Commissioner on the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) and a member of the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC). Judge Flower is a Graduate of Leadership Florida where he has been Chairman of the Statewide Selection Committee, Regional Chair and a member of the Northeast Regions Leadership team. He is also a graduate of Leadership Jacksonville where he has been a Program Day Chair, and has been a member of both the Adult, Next Generation and Youth Selection Committees. Judge Flower is a Past President of The Conference of County Court Judges, Past Education Chairman, and serves as the Chair of the Conferences Administration and Management Committee. He is an instructor at Florida Judicial College Phases I & II as well as DUI Adjudication Lab where he was formally Vice Dean. Judge Flower is a former Co-Department Head of the Advance College of Judicial Studies where he has also taught. Judge Flower serves his community in party on many boards and committees including Vice Chair of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, The Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors, The Scouts Executive Committee, The Gator Bowl Committee, The Florida Bar Association where he serves on several committees the Jacksonville Bar association and the Chamber of Commerce. He is a regular speaker at numerous Civic Organizations, Clubs and Schools throughout Northeast Florida.
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Courtroom/hearing room 403/721
From the circuit's own Circuit and County Judges table, verified 2026-07-25.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 6 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 31, 2009–August 1, 2023) 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.
STEPHANIE BAILEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARION BASS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Max K. Ridenhour VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Vencil Thompson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Matthew Bryan Taylor, Husband vs Erin Beth Taylor, Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
DANIEL NOEL PRESLEY, former husband, v. JENNIFER MICHELLE PRESLEY, former wife
First District Court of Appeal · Clay County
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