Ivan F. Fernandez
Dca Judge · Third District Court of Appeal
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Dca Judge · Third District Court of Appeal
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Judge — Third District Court of Appeal
On Friday, August 12, 2011, Governor Rick Scott appointed Judge Ivan F. Fernandez to the Third District Court of Appeal. Judge Fernandez took office pursuant to a commission issued by the Governor and Secretary of State on September 1, 2011. He served as Chief Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023. He has served as President of the Florida Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges from September 2023 to January 2025.
Judge Fernandez was initially elected to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in November 2002 and took office on January 7, 2003. Judge Fernandez served in the Dependency, Criminal, Civil, and Family Divisions of the Circuit Court.
Prior to taking the bench, Judge Fernandez served as a prosecutor (1999 to 2002), as a civil trial lawyer (1993 to 1999), as a police officer, having retired from the City of Miami Police Department as a police major (1978 to 1995), and as a Military Police Investigator in the United States Army (1971 to 1975). As a prosecutor, Judge Fernandez served in the domestic violence, juvenile, felony, and public corruption divisions. As a civil trial lawyer, Judge Fernandez practiced in the areas of family law, commercial transactions and civil litigation. As a police officer, Judge Fernandez worked street patrol, K-9, S.W.A.T., homicide, narcotics and eventually took command of the South District Substation of the City of Miami Police Department. He is a former member of the Metro Dade Independent Review Panel and a past president of the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce.
Judge Fernandez was born in Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba. He emigrated to the United States of America in May of 1962, at the age of 9, with his parents. Judge Fernandez has lived in Miami, Florida, most of his life and attended Citrus Grove Elementary, Citrus Grove Junior High and Miami Senior High schools in Miami. He is a graduate of Miami Senior High School, Miami Dade Community College, Barry University, and the University of Miami, School of Law. Judge Fernandez was admitted to the Florida Bar on June 24, 1993, and to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on January 19, 1996. Judge Fernandez is a member of the Dade County Bar Association and the Cuban American Bar Association.
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Service 2011–present.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 75 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 21, 2007–October 10, 2012) 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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BLACK V. BLACK
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DADE COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT, ET AL., V. CITY OF N. BAY VILLAGE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
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RODRIGUEZ, ET AL., V. NIEVES
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
NARANJA v. CORNERSTONE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
RUANO-LOZANO V. LOZANO
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PURRINOS V. PURRINOS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
QUIROGA V. CITIZENS PROPERTY
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
CARNIELLO, ET AL., V. SECOND HORIZONS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
AUB & ALL POINTS V. ZAP COURIER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROOT V. WESTVEST ASSOC.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HIAVE V. FENSTER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
DOMINGUEZ V. METROPOLITAN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NORTH POINTE V. TOMAS & TOMAS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
WESTERN & S. INS. CO. V. BEEBE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MURPHY V. TUNSTALL
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JACKSON & PHILLIPS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
VELEZ V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
VELEZ V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
LAKE V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
ALMONTE V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BARNES V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
POZO V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HRN V. BRANDON
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.R. V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
OWENS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FERNANDEZ V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBINSON V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CLAUDE V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAMS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MADRAZO V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BONNER V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.F. V. DCFS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
1000 SIERRA CLUB V. DEPT OF COMM.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PARKER V. COCOPLUM HOMEOWNERS
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WALTER V. WALTER
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CURTISS V. OPEN PERMIT
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HALL V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEAN LOUIS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BISCAYNE V. GUARANTEE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
K.W. V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANCOIS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MOSS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GEORGE V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LIVSEY V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ATLANTIS V. NAVTEC
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DENNEHEY V. THE GRAND
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARTINEZ V. FUAC
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELLIS V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BEAUBRUM V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MEDINA V. STATE
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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