James Shenko
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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Circuit Judge — Collier County
Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Published forms & procedures: Judge Shenko's Office Procedures; 2.10 Intra-Circuit Case Conflict Resolution Procedure; 2.20 Standards of Professional Courtesy & Conduct; 2.17 Duty Judge Responsibilities; Pretrial Conference Order; Order Granting Motion to Withdraw; Submitting Orders Electronically; Petition Formal Administration; Petition Summary Administration; Final Discharge Checklist
Verified against Judge James Shenko's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Lee General Civil G 16.7% Guardianship M(1) 16.7% Probate P(1) 8.33%
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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://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=shenko), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge. 10 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 107 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 29, 2010–June 2, 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 107 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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GREGORY MAKI AND ELIZABETH MAKI VS NCP BAYOU 2, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
WAYNE RUSSELL MOYER AND CINDY MOYER vs HEIDI RHOAD
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ADVANCED MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. vs WALTER M. SHELDON, JR. AND BRADLEY W. SHELDON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOAN STURGILL vs JOSE LUCAS, ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RX IMAGING OF SWFL, LLC VS IRVING RADIOLOGY, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MIKALA OLANCIN vs PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CAPE CORAL LOAN ACQUISITIONS, LLC VS 924 DEL PRADO, LLC, ET AL.,
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ANDREW CLARKE VS GLOBAL GUARANTEED GOODS AND SERVICES, INC., ET AL.,
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CONSTANCE LOUISE DEATON VS TIMOTHY LEE DEATON, AS TRUSTEE OF THE DEATON LIVING TRUST, ET AL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARELY GARCIA GUTIERREZ vs S & O GROCERS, INC., D/ B/ A BRAVO SUPERMARKET
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SAVE OUR CREEKS, INC., vs HAPPEHATCHEE CENTER, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LAS PALMAS, LLC AND THOMAS THEODORE WATROUS vs PIERVIEW F M B, L L C, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NANCY WARD HARRIS AND WILLIAM LOUIS HARRIS vs RICHARD TINER
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RIVIERA-FORT MYERS MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC. vs FLORENTINE DEVELOPMENT II, LLC, ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JOSEPH MICHAEL BRICKMAN, AS PERSONAL RESPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT JON BRICKMAN vs OTTO COPPEN, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MARIA A. COPPEN
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURT vs ARMANDO A. GAVIDIA AND SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING, L L C., ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
METROPOLITAN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY vs RICHARD TINER, ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
JORGE VILLANUEVA vs BETHEL PRODUCTS, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JORDAN L. CHAIKIN vs PARKER WAICHMAN, L L P, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ADAMS FAMILY INSURANCE CORPORATION AND LISA ADAMS vs EBC 8951 DANIELS, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARMANDO GAVIDIA AND ANNA B. GAVIDIA vs WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A. AND RICHARD DELEKTA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MAGER PARUAS, L L C (SUCCESSOR TO MICHAEL DOLCE AND DOLCE LAW, P. A.) vs DEANNA WILLIAMS, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REGINALD MITCHELL vs FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEANNE WELLING vs ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
SHANE RICHARD PERRY v. CARMINE MARCENO, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Yosmeri Borges and Yomaris Borges
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Mandamus to the Circuit Court for Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
DEANNA WILLIAMS vs VICTIM JUSTICE, P. C., ET AL.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TOWER HILL PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY a/s/o ANTHONY GIULIANO v. EPIC ROOFING AND EXTERIORS, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DARREN WHITE vs FORT MYERS BEACH FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. and SHANNON RICE v. JANE DOE, JOHN DOE, CAPE CORAL EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, LLC, MARTEN KARLSSON, and KEITH BURLEY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
CATHERINE CZYZ, ESQ., ET AL., vs ERIN BETH NEITZELT
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
CAPE CORAL EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, LLC, MARTEN KARLSSON, and KEITH BURLEY v. JANE DOE and JOHN DOE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
PAVILION AT HEALTHPARK, LLC d/b/a PARK ROYAL HOSPITAL v. S. M.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
GCTC HOLDINGS, LLC vs T TAG QSR, LLC, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
MATTHEW HURLEY v. JOHN SCHANZ
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
DISCOVERY AT HOME, LLC VS AIDE & ALLIED COMPANION CARE SERVICE,LLC AND ALYSSIA CURRINGTON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PARKER WAICHMAN, L L P, ET AL. vs JORDAN L. CHAIKIN
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CATHERINE CZYZ, ESQ., ET AL., vs ERIN BETH NEITZELT
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
JAMES R. BECKER, JR. VS CITIMORTGAGE, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EMERSON PINKNEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HARBIYA K. ABU-KHADIER vs THE CITY OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOAN ARLEN, AS TRUSTEE vs WALTER T. PATRICK, I I I, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DERIN RESTAURANTS, LLC vs HERITAGE SQUARE REAL ESTATE, LLC & JOSEPH MAGDALENER
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PARKER WAICHMAN, L L P vs JORDAN L. CHAIKIN
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAUL QUEYREL vs DEFICIENCY COLLECTIONS, LLC, A/A/O SUNTRUST BANK, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDIOL TOPALLI, ET AL vs EDDIE FELICIANO, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
FL - 7, INC. vs S W F PREMIUM REAL ESTATE, L L C, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DERIN RESTAURANTS, LLC vs HERITAGE SQUARE REAL ESTATE, LLC, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JENNIFER M. ROMERO vs WALMART STORES, INC.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVE MEYERS vs RESIDENTIAL FUNDING CO., L L C AND AMANDA L. MEYERS
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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