Senior Judge · Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
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1,232 verified requirements govern practice before Judge Hugh A. Carithers across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Judge Carithers is a native of Jacksonville, and a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University in 1969. After serving on active duty with the U. S. Navy, including serving in Vietnam, he received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1974.
Judge Carithers practiced law in Jacksonville for more than 18 years before assuming the bench in February 1993. He has since served in all divisions of the Circuit Court, and as Administrative Judge of the Family Law Division. He also sat as an associate judge on the First District Court of Appeals.
Judge Carithers served on the Executive Committee of the Conference of Circuit Court Judges and as Chair of its Civil Section. He was a member of the Florida Court Education Council and the faculty of the College of Advanced Judicial Studies. He also served on the Florida Family Law Rules Committee and the Sexual Assault Advisory Council. He is currently the Director and officer of The Florida Bar Foundation (FFLA).
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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 86 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 30, 2004–May 17, 2019) 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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Lester Bernard Person Jr. vs Dashan Denise Person
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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David S. Montgomery vs Rebecca L. Montgomery
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
JOHN G. SCHANCK vs William M. Gayhart and Debra L. Buchanan, etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Randy J. Fischer, Husband vs Kathleen Therese Fischer, Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Brian Joseph Lagitch vs Chelsea Elizabeth Mitts
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Mark L. Foster Jr. vs Venita M. Foster
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Donald Lenneth Banks v. State of Florida and Donald Lenneth Banks v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
Supreme Court of Florida · Duval County
Iman Elshaar, Wife vs Youssef Alsaghir, Husband
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Samantha Helfrich, individually and etc. vs City of Jacksonville and the Board of etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kevin O'Malley, Father vs Robin Klob, Mother
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Christopher Sheridan vs Samantha K. Rennhack
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Ronald Jerome Smith vs Victoria Jean Smith
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Samantha Helfrich, individually and etc. vs City of Jacksonville and the Board of etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Thomas A. Parnell vs Tina M. Parnell
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Conley and Brian Conley vs 14th Street Trust #720. Brooker etc. et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance etc. vs Heather Spears and Brandi Gunter
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Sharon Hamman vs Burita I. Allen, Jeffrey W. Buckholz, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
John Lee Taylor vs Seketa Culver
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
City of Jacksonville vs R. Lee Smith and Christy Smith
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Sobhi Yousif Hussein vs State Farm Mutual Automobile etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Wells Capital Investments, LLC vs Exit 1 Stop Realty
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Celia D. Brooks vs Green Tree Servicing LLC and The Unknown etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JO-ANNE YAU vs IWDWARRIORS, Corp., a Florida, etc., et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Simmie Kendry vs Meadowlark Real Estate LLC, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Terrance Lake vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HORACE MANN INSURANCE COMPANY, v. ALLISON CHASE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD CHASE, DECEASED
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
SIMMIE KENDRY, v. MEADOWLARK REAL ESTATE, LLC, JEFF VIGUE, RAPID FUNDING GROUP, RANDY RUGG, AND THOMAS C. SANTORO
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Saloon Sao vs Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
SALOON SAO, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Horace Mann Insurance Company vs Allison Chase, Ind. and as co-personal etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Simmie Kendry vs Meadowlark Real Estate, LLC, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Ronald Darrell Taylor vs PPTS 99 LLC, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
MARYBETH MORGAN, v. ANNIE MILTON
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
AMEC CIVIL, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, v. PTG CONSTRUCTION SERVICES COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; AND PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC., AN ILLINOIS CORPORATION, D/B/A PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP OR PARSONS
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
AMERISURE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Michigan Insurance Company, v. JOHNSON-GRAHAM-MALONE, INC., a Florida corporation
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
TERRANCE A. LAKE, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
HORACE MANN INSURANCE COMPANY, v. ALLISON N. CHASE,
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
OCTAVIUS A. JOHNSON, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Donald Lenneth Banks v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Duval County
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. SHEILA W. HARRELL, an individual
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
ROBERT HEEKIN, v. PETER DEL COL and JOHN M. MARCHI, as partner of CENTER VENUE PARTNERSHIP, a Florida General Partnership, and Roy B. Simpson, an individual
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSURANCE CORP, v. COURTNEY MEADOWS APARTMENT, L.L.P., A FLORIDA CORPORATION
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
HENRY CURRELLEY, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
RASHANE L. JONES, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
WILLIE PETTY, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
TERRENCE J. KERRIN, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
TYRONE K. COOK, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
STATE OF FLORIDA, v. DEON A. EDWARD
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
JAMES THOMAS, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
DONNELL QUARTERMAN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
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