Geoffrey H. Gentile
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Geoffrey H. Gentile across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Administrative Judge — Lee County
Charlotte County Justice Center, 350 E. Marion Avenue, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Published forms & procedures: Judicial Practices and Procedures; Procedure to Schedule a Hearing; Procedure to Submit Hearing Materials; Courtroom Procedure for Jury Trials; PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED ORDERS FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY CIVIL; Judge Gentile's Zoom Instructions; Florida Bar Recommended Best Practices for Remote Court Proceedings; Florida Bar Recommended Best Practices for Remote Court Proceedings; Case Management Track Assignments; Agreed Court Ordered Case Management Plan Streamline; Agreed Court Ordered Case Management Plan General; FIGA/UPC/Family Security Extension of Stay Order to February 2024; Order Setting Residential Foreclosure Non-Jury Trial; Standing Order for ALL Circuit Civil Cases; Uniform Pretrial Conference Order; Judge Gentile's Order of Referral to General Magistrate; 1.13 - Third Amended AO - Establishment and Implementation of Civil Case Management Plan (2/17/; AOSC26-12 - AO - Representations By Signers of Filings (5/28/2026); SC2026-0673 - Amendments to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.515
Verified against Judge Geoffrey H. Gentile's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Charlotte County Civil 100% Guardianship 100%
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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://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=gentile), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 19 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 811 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 79 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (October 20, 2017–May 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 79 are counted in the outcome census above.
SANDRA DENISE MCMILLAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
last checked September 3, 2026
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Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALEXIS SEARS INDIVIDUALLY AND O.B.O. MINOR M. J. VS CHARLOTTE COUNTY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PORT CHARLOTTE HMA, L L C, D/B/A BAYFRONT HEALTH PORT CHARLOTTE VS DEBORAH CROUCH, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSH DUMONT AND ANGELA DUMONT VS AQUASCAPES DESIGN, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROBERT SKINNER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JESSIE JOSEPH VS STATE OF FLORIDA AND RICKY DIXON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CAPE HAZE DENTAL, P. A. VS CARDAVANT, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HECTOR GUTIERREZ AND MARIA RODRIGUEZ VS SECURITY FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CULLIN SMITH VS ROBIN LYLES
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
RYAN GURK, KEYLIEGH TUTHILL, LENA TUTHILL, and RYAN GURK and KEYLIEGH TUTHILL, as legal guardians of minor child A. R. N. T. VS DOMINICK BATTISTA and SANDRA BUDANSIGNGH
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION v. ANTHONY WEICHERDING
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S. B. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CAROL M. BUTTERFIELD AND DAVID BUTTERFIELD v. RYAN SCOTT JOHNSON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ASTOR LUIS BENITEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA AND RICKY DIXON, SECRETARY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RICHARD LEE MASSEY VS CITY OF PUNTA GORDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FLORIDA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY VS THE ESTATE OF RANDALL LEE TAYLOR, BY AND THROUGH ITS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, MARCIA TAYLOR
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID & SUSAN SCHACHT, MICHAEL ANGELO, ERIC-JOHN & MELISSA CLAESSENS, GARY D. DEWITT, AS TRUSTEE OF THE GARY D. DEWITT REVOCABLE TRUST U/D/A JUNE 5, 1980, LYNN & PATRICIA FRARY AND GRETCHEN F. GUANDOLO, JEFFREY GILBERT, JAMES L. & SHERRIE KLEPSER, JAMES R. & ANORET LARSEN, BARBARA A. RACKOUSKI, JAMES F. RHOADES, THOMAS RODUS, TIMOTHY A. & JUNE S. REITDORF, GEOFFREY & KATELYN LEIGH ROGERS, ET AL v. SCOTT W. FITZPATRICK, SAZHA, LLC, HALL FAMILY DEVELOPEMENT, LLC, HALL FAMILY VENTURES, LLC, ET A
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENDRA E. ELLIOTT, MARY F. STRAIN, C. W. C., A MINOR, AND R. L. M., A MINOR v. NONNA SOKHOVITSKY AND MIKHAIL SOKHOVITSKY,
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEWAYNE KEY VS CLERK OF COURT CHARLOTTE COUNTY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHELLEY ANNE SCHOENFELD AND STEPHEN SCHOENFELD VS DR. KEITH WILLIAMS, ET AL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PGH, LLC vs DIANA MCKAMEY, ET AL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HOOTERS OF PORT CHARLOTTE, INC. VS VENISSA DRIGGERS, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ET AL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM D. SULLIVAN v. THE ROTONDA MEADOWS/VILLAS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JEFFERY DEMSKI VS JOSEPH LOYD AND KIMBERLY LOYD
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
REGINALD HOLSTON vs DEREK SNIDER, WARDEN
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NAHEED S. ZAMAN AND KIM L. VICTOR v. VENTURE ASSETS, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LARRY D. RICHARDSON v. RICKY DIXON, SECRETARY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, WARDEN SNIDER, J. DAWSON, ASSIT-WARDEN, K. CECILIA, EMPLOYEE, G. BROCK, EMPLOYEE, D. BASS, EMPLOYEE, WARDEN LAMB, C. RANDOLPH, EMPLOYEE, JOHN OR JANE DOE #1, EMPLOYEE, A. COCHRAN, EMPLOYEE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANDREW BRYANT SHEETS VS CITY OF PUNTA GORDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HENDERSON FRANKLIN STARNES & HOLT, P.A. and WILLIAM BOLTREK, III VS WILLIAM H. SCHMITZ, JANICE K. SCHMITZ, ALEXMAR PIMIENTA GARRIDO, JESSE LEE RAY, ESQUIRE, as Receiver for JLL LOGISTIC, INC., and ROBERTO LI
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RICHARD D. LAKE, AS TRUSTEE OF THE RICHARD D. LAKE REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED AUGUST 24, 2011 vs MICHAEL DALE WARD, INDIVIDUALLY, RICHARD GEORGE ALFIREVIC, INDIVIDUALLY AND RICHARD CHAPMAN, INDIVIDUALLY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SCOTT L. HUSS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL W. RHODEN vs LOGAN BELISLE, BRIAN BELISLE AND CHRISTINA BELISLE, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KB HOME FORT MYERS LLC vs TAISHAN GYPSUM CO., LTD., F/K/A SHANDONG TAIHE DONGXIN CO., LTD., ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
FRANK C. HOFFMAN, I I I AND GAIL HOFFMAN vs SUNTRUST BANK, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANK C. HOFFMAN, I I I AND GAIL HOFFMAN vs SUNTRUST BANK, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THOMAS GREGORY KELLEHER vs U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM vs K. L., ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ECHCO DEAN COCHRAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAUL R. CONLEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
S. V. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MEDICAL TRANSPORT, INC. AND THOMAS R. CHERRY VS AIR CRITICAL CARE, LLC, ET AL.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHERRAD D. SIMMONS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARK JONES VS FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
HECTOR OQUENDO VS SETH BATESOLE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PAUL R. CONLEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JACQUES C. BETHEA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN M. ESPOSITO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WALTER DRUMMOND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARK JONES VS FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JAVONEY D. ROBERTS v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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