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Jay P. Cohen
Senior Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Senior Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
What applies in this courtroom
143 verified requirements govern practice before Judge Jay P. Cohen across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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No current assignment on record.
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).
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 143 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 33 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 12, 2004–June 16, 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.
DONALD W GRACE, III v. SHAROLYNN P. BRENNAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND SHAROLYNN P. BRENNAN, AS TRUSTEE OF THE DONALD W. GRACE REVOCABLE TRUST, DATED NOVEMBER 14, 2006, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED, and CRYSTOFER J. ROBERTS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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No assignments on record.
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DAVID TERRENCE STEPHENS v. AMANDA REGINA JACOBSON, MICHAEL HOWARD LAFAY, AND HONORABLE ROBERT WATTLES
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELAYNE CONRIQUE v. DIEUVELLA MORICETTE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kelvin Tolliver v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Kelvin Tolliver v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Eric Jacobs v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Micic v. Adventist
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Eric Jacobs v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Dunlap v. Orange County
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Saullo v. Douglas
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Samuel Granberry v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Florida Mall v. Old Dominion
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Steven Maurice Evans v. State Of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Orange County
Sergio Corona v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Holler v. DeHoyos
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Morales v. Marques
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Jordan v. Sea World
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Hinton v. Supervision
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Vantese Jones v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rudolf v. Gray, Harris & Robinson
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Donegan v. Universal City Property Management
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FL Recycling v. Greater Orlando Auto Auction
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Cardona v. Beary
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rudolf v. Gray
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Holler v. Hoyos
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
T.H.E. Ins. v. Dollar Rent-A-Car
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Rappa v. Island Club
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Carl Meintzer v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Byron Smith v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Tropical Ford v. Major
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Hanger Prosthetics v. Saunders
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
David Mewa v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Bauman v. Rayburn
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
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