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Heather Pinder Rodriguez
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Heather Pinder Rodriguez across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Juvenile Dependency — Division 4/07 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Juvenile Dependency; 2023-2025 Circuit Judge, Orange County Civil; 2021-2022 Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic Relations; 2021-2022 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Violence; 2020 Associate Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic Relations; 2019-2020 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Relations; 2018-2019 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Unified Family Court; 2014-2017 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic; 2012-2014 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal — Education: Juris Doctor, Honors: Florida State University; Bachelor of Arts, Russian and Bachelor of Science, International Affairs, magna cum laude: Florida State University; Certifications; Board Certified—Construction Law by the Florida Bar (2005-2012) — Professional Activities: President, Florida State College of Law Alumni Board of Directors 2021-2022; President, Central Florida Family Law Inn of Court 2017- 2019; Chair, Ninth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee 2015 – 2018; Judicial Representative, Ninth Judicial Circuit Security Committee 2015-2017; President, Orange County Bar Association Legal Aid Society Board of Trustee 2009-2010; Elected Board Member 2005-2011; Governor, Elected Representative of the Ninth Judicial Circuit to the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division 2003-2009; Appointed Senior Member 2010-2011; Chair, Statewide Pro Bono Committee 2010-2011; Director, Statewide Pro Bono Initiative 2008; Co-Chair, Government Symposium 2007; Chair, Affiliate Outreach Conference 2006; FEMA Disaster Pro Bono Service Liaison 2006; Elected executive Board Member, Orange County Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Section 2003-2009; Member, Orange County Bar Association 1998 – present; Judicial Liaison, Orange County Bench Bar Conference, Domestic Relations Track 2017-2018
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Published forms & procedures: Division 7 Policies and Procedures; Courtroom Decorum Policy
Verified against Judge Heather Pinder Rodriguez's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Published forms & procedures: Division 7 Policies and Procedures; Courtroom Decorum Policy; Guidelines and Procedures
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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://ninthcircuit.org/judges/circuit/heather-pinder-rodriguez), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 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 47 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 15, 2013–July 14, 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.
ROSA RAIOLA VS MICHAEL C. TURNER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LARRY RANDALL GORDON vs DEBORAH DENISE ROBERTSON GORDON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALPHONSO T. TANNER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY VS PATRICK N. YVARS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
INTERNATIONAL PIZZA HUT FRANCHISE HOLDERS ASSOCIATION, INC. VS ROSEN 9939, INC. D/B/A ROSEN'S SHINGLE CREEK RESORT
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orlando County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TOM FOXHILL v. JAMES ROGERS and THE BLVD PUB AND GRUB, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER COLLINS v. AMAZON.COM, INC. d/b/a AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC, TA REALTY, LLC d/b/a TA ASSOCIATES REALTY, LLC, TA FULFILLMENT CENTER ORL, LLC, TAR CFP OP, LLC, and TAR CFP REIT, LLC, JEFFREY NEVILLE, individually and as agent of AMAZON.COM, INC. d/b/a AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC, CHAD HALL, in his official capacity as agent of TA REALTY, LLC, TA FULFILLMENT CENTER ORL, LLC, TAR CFP OP, LLC, and TAR CFP REIT, LLC, NATHAN MAXWELL RIFZIS, individually and as agent of AMAZON.COM, INC. d/b/a AM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MOLIERE DIMANCHE VS JULIA LAUREN FREY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MANANCIAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH, INC., D/B/A LIVING WATER CHURCH VS SLOAN FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. PATRICK N. YVARS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
COMELCO, INC v. FCCI INSURANCE COMPANY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
VIJAY KOMAR A/K/A V. JAY KOMAR AND SHIVSAI HOLDINGS, LLC v. MCLP ASSET COMPANY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NANCIA YVETTE THOMAS and AYOOLA TOLULOPE DADA v. HOLIDAY INN CLUB VACATIONS, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENNETH J. TAYLOR vs MARIZAIDA GONZALEZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL GIBSON v. JOSEPH DANIELS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
CORA E. JARA, AS PERSONAL REP. OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH ELLIS VS ORLANDO HEALTH, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHARLES M. PORTER VS CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AGRICULTURAL FUELS CORP. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIORNMENTAL PROTECTION
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PEDRO BATISTA, JUAN ARIAS and STEPHANIE RUBIO v. HUB GROUP TRUCKING, INC., CHARLES B. WILLIAMS, and JOHN VANCE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
SAMANTHA A. GARDNER vs MARTIN SOBERS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA v. STEPHANIE KENNEDY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JANE DOE, ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. CHARLES WILLIAM FIGEL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
OLA KAMAR v. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FERMIN NUNEZ VS CREEKSTONE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BASHEERA ALIYAH WALTON BROOKS vs TREVOR ABRAHAM BASDEO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
SEDONA LEAF, LLC v. U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DARIK ALEXANDER v. CAPITAL ONE, N.A.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
DILLON BROWN vs DESTINY LEMON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEITH ROBERT HUBBARD vs STEPHANIE LYNNE BERTH F/K/A STEPHANIE LYNNE MURRAY-HUBBARD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Fields v. Fields
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Rivera v.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Stufft v. Stufft
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
McQuade v. Holroyd
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Raton v. Wallace
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Viruet v. Grace
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
AGUSTIN RATON vs BRYDIE K. WALLACE F/K/A BRYDIE K. RATON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARMANDO VIRUET vs SARAH G. GRACE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Delroy Campbell v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Viruet v. Grace
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Rodriguez v. Rodriguez
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
State v. Ryan E. Shillingford
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Ansar F. Mohammed v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
State v. Hernando P. Clarke
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
State v. William Champers
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Agency for Persons w/ Disabilities v. Forestal
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Orange County
State v. Robert Winbush
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
James McInturff v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
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