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Howard O. McGillin, Jr.
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 O. McGillin, Jr. across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Div 46 Probate/Guardianship/Dependency/Delinquency; Div 27 Veterans Treatment (St. Johns/Putnam) — St Johns County
Circuit Judge Howard O. McGillin, Jr. was appointed to the bench in 2014. He earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law, and a Master of Laws in Military Law from the Judge Advocate General’s School. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1989 and served for 24 years in the U.S. Army, including 15 years as a lawyer, retiring as a colonel before entering private practice. He currently presides over Probate and Juvenile matters at the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center in St. Augustine. He also presides over Veterans Court.
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Published forms & procedures: Division 46 Standard Practices; Title – Div. 46 Checklist - Determine Homestead - Stand Alone Petition
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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 133 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 22, 2016–April 21, 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.
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Richard Barry Randolph v. State of Florida
last checked September 3, 2026
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Div 46 Probate/Guardianship/Dependency/Delinquency; Div 27 Veterans Treatment (St. Johns/Putnam) — St Johns Countycurrent
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Supreme Court of Florida · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
PAUL STEVENS WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ILSE ANTOINETTE PHILCOX vs JAMES ANDREW STEVENSON PHILCOX
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HAROLD FRANCIS MOORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CAMERON TREY ROGERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHRISTOPHER LEE MAAG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRANDON AUSTIN RIGGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL JEFFREY GLENN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHNATHAN DAVID WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HARRY J. ROBINSON, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MILTON LEVERNE JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL BYNOE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LANDON MATTOX VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GAUDENCIO HERNANDEZ, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CEDRIC ANDERSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Timothy Scott a/k/a Timothy Alphonso Scott v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JIMMIE E. KEENE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALEXANDER GONZALEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DANNY DEAN ALLEN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THOMAS PAUL NICHOLS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KRISTOPHER MICHAEL GOODWIN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
STANLEY TYRONE ROBERTS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HARRY JAMES ROBINSON, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
MICHAEL E. CANADAY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KIRT ALLEN MYERS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHNATHAN D. WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GENE HAMILTON MAST VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JESUS G. GONSALEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JIMMY BUTLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRI FERGUSON QUINBY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID C. GATLIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MANUEL ANTONIO MORENO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lizy Joseph v. Asok Varghese
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EZEKIEL D. WHITE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Anthony Maurice Foxx, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Camille A. Abboud v. Iryna R. Abboud
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Swift v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN WEBB vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NORMAN I. COLON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Billy Harold Mitchell, v. Emily Rene Mitchell
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TYREESE L. JENKINS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA VS BERMORE MALAVE RODRIGUEZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTONIO VARGAS HURTADO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KELLEY W. ANDERSON, III VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LIVINGSTON JARROD WINTERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Anthony Allen Whitlow v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Elizabeth Collins O/B/O R.C., a Minor Child v. Sean Christopher Collins
Fifth District Court of Appeal · St. Johns County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENNETH LERAINE WILLIAMS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMMIE SAMOUNT SIMMONS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDWARD THURMAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Putnam County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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