Howard M. Maltz
Circuit Judge · Seventh Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventh Judicial Circuit Court
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378 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Howard M. Maltz across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Div 55 Circuit Civil — St Johns County
Circuit Judge Howard M. Maltz was appointed to the bench in 2012. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1986 and served as an Assistant State Attorney in the Fourth Judicial Circuit before becoming Chief Deputy General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville. He currently hears civil cases at the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center in St. Augustine, and also serves as the Administrative Judge for St. Johns County.
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Published forms & procedures: Practices and Procedures – Division 55; Attending Zoom Hearings; Uniform Case Management Order for Civil Cases
Verified against Judge Howard M. Maltz's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Published forms & procedures: Practices and Procedures – Division 55; Uniform Case Management Order for Civil Cases
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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 232 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 11, 2013–June 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 232 are counted in the outcome census above.
CYNTHIA TAYLOR VS EDWARD SEGARS, SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ACQUISITIONS, LLC, ST. JOHNS LAW GROUP, P.A., DOUGLAS BURNETT,
last checked September 3, 2026
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
GRACE CONTRACTING, LLC VS NICHOLAS VUKICH AND SHARON VUKICH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LARRY BRINSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLES W. COOK, III VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALEXVANGER VASQUEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Drees Homes of Florida, Inc. v. Gabbidon and Gabbidon
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
VLADIMIR MOROZOV VS HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK F/K/A HANCOCK BANK AND SOUTH HAMPTON ASSOCIATION, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TARRELL ANTON BOYNTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEFFREY DICE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAKOTA MANUCY CONSTANTIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GERMAINE ANTWAN WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
VICTOR PAUL CHOUNARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY WILLIAM STRATTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CANDACE KIARA JACKSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHAD EDMOND SMITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY VS CARL HOCHREITER AND MELISSA HOCHREITER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
CYNTHIA TAYLOR VS NICHOLSON-WILLIAMS, INC. D/B/A COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL BENCHMARK, KELLY BUSH,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
VINTAVOUS LANARD DELAFIELD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MICHAEL ROGER MILLS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Sean Alonzo Bush v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
MASCI GENERAL CONTRACTOR, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION vs CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CODE HUNTER, LLP., A CANADIAN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP vs CASA MARISOL DE AUGUSTIN, LLC., A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DANIEL WALTER HILL AND ANNE HILL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SPENCER RECOVERY CENTERS FLORIDA, INC. vs JAMES LYNAM AND DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DENNIS L. OXENDINE, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLES DEMICHER vs DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACK PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-QA1, ET AL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MAURICE MARTINEZ SMITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATTHEW CHARLES WEBSTER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TEREON LEMANUEL BAKER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KHRIS A. TOBLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TEREON LEMANUEL BAKER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Norman Blake McKenzie v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
WELDON JACOB HOLMES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELAINE B. RYAN vs COMMUNITY FIRST CREDIT UNION OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LASCHELLES LUCIANO FORSYTHE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JARVE GREEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SERGIO DEMARIO MORGAN-WIDEMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CASHUS D. CUMMINGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY GARCIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAKOTA MANUCY CONSTANTIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DECOREY BERNARD SAMS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
VIRGINIA SHITEEMA STARLING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DELVIN RONALD BERG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CARLTON XAVIER MATHEWS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
INES COLLEEN ROBINSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEN WILCOX vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANNA MARIE MAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
XEVRICK J. LATIMORE A/K/A MICHAEL LATIMORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MICHAEL WHEELER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANCESCO NICHOLAS MAZZOTTA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDREW HOLDER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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