Javier Pacheco
County Judge · Lee County Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
County Judge · Lee County Court
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County Judge — Lee County
Judge Pacheco was appointed to serve as Lee County Judge by Governor DeSantis in July 2025. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Pacheco was a Board Certified Specialist in Business Litigation. Judge Pacheco has 20 years of experience as an attorney in complex civil litigation, representing clients in a wide range of disputes involving construction, real estate, homeowner and condominium associations, intellectual property, landlord/tenant disputes, negligence and torts, products liability, insurance coverage, and employment litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts in multiple states.
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Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Published forms & procedures: Judge Pacheco Preferences and Procedures; Judge Pacheco Pre-PTC Checklist; Judge Pacheco Post-PTC Proposed Order; Judge Pacheco Jury Trial Exhibit Instructions; Judge Pacheco Guide for Self-Represented Parties; Judge Pacheco Helpful Forms and Links; Zoom Info for Small Claims Pre-Trial Conference; Zoom Info for Civil Traffic
Verified against Judge Javier Pacheco's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Lee County Civil and Other Civil 33.3% Evictions 33.3% Small Claims 11.1% Civil Traffic Infractions 11.1%
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=pacheco), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 8 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
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last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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