Jessica Recksiedler
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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Circuit Civil — Seminole County
Education: Florida State University, B.S., Accounting, 1994; Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1997; Member, Phi Alpha Delta Honor Society; Member of Trial Team, Stetson University College of Law- 1995-1997; Judicial History; Chief Judge of 18th Judicial Circuit- July 2021 to June 2023; Elected Circuit Judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit November 2010-effective Jan 2011-present; Administrative Judge Seminole County n/k/a Deputy Chief Judge - July 2019 to July 2021; Felony Criminal Division, January 2011 to July 2014, July 2018-July 2020, July 2023-present; Civil/Family Division, July 2014 to July 2018; Administrative Judge for Technology for Seminole County, January 2011 to June 2023; Seminole County Adult Drug Court Judge, January 2012 to June 2023; Administrative Judge of the Circuit Civil Division for Seminole County, January 2015 to June 2018; Administrative Judge of the Appellate Division for Seminole County, July 2017 to June 2023
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Seminole Civil Courthouse, Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Recksiedler's Policies and Procedures; Courtroom Decorum Policy; Felony Plea Agreement (English); Felony Plea Agreement (Espanol)
Verified against Judge Jessica Recksiedler's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division W — Civil (controlling: AO 26-28-S eff. 2026-07-01; Division W runs through 2027-06-30 per order)
Seminole Civil Courthouse, Sanford
Rotation drift cured on live policies page: now Civil W
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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).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/jessica-j-recksiedler-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 5 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 149 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 5, 2011–February 26, 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 149 are counted in the outcome census above.
CITY OF WINTER PARK VS ROSEMARY VEIGLE
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last checked September 3, 2026
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
THE ORMONDY CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. VS DEBRA FOLKES, GORDON FOLKES, CRAIG WILLIAMS, LENA WILLIAMS, DENISE SCHENTRUP, MICHAEL SCHENTRUP,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JASON GENE GUTIERREZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COURTNEY PIERCE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH TARRELL THOMPSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Terry Nickson v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jacques Durham v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MATTHEW HEBERT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Timothy Ishmael Evans v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RAYMOND ROWLAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATTHEW HEBERT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JUNIOR GEDEON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEVEIOURVES GARDEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Jermaine Coleman v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Christian Gabriel Reyes Rios v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JIMMIE LEE BAILEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT JOHNATHEN ALEXANDER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSHUA STEINBACH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JARRETT OLSEN VS FIRST TEAM FORD, LTD D/B/A AUTONATION FORD SANFORD, A FLORIDA LIMTED PARTNERSHIP
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DANA FERNANDEZ VS AUTUMN GARICK, INDIVIDUALLY, AND CHRIS ANDERSON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE SEMINOLE COUNTY SUPERVISOR
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Al D'Wayne Smith, Sr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
NICK STRAWTER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THE ESTATE OF GEORGE C. HECKMAN A/K/A GEORGE CHARLES HECKMAN BY AND THROUGH NANCY R. LANG, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE vs LIFESPACE COMMUNITIES, INC., LIFESPACE, INC., YOLANDA GAIL WATTLEY AS TO VILLAGE ON THE GREEN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN TRAVIS vs DEBORAH TRAVIS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PROAMPAC HOLDINGS, INC. vs RCBA NUTRACEUTICALS, LLC D/B/A RONNIE COLEMAN SIGNATURE SERIES, WESTERN PACKAGING, INC. AND POLYFIRST PACKAGING, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
STANLEY COOKSTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
VINODH RAGHUBIR vs TT OF LONGWOOD, INC. D/B/A CORY FAIRBANKS MAZDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAHNARD BONAMY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEIRA HUNT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JULIO MUNIZ AND MUNIZ BURGOS, INC. vs STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD W. JOY, III vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY L. THOMAS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GREGORY LEPERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
STATE OF FLORIDA vs KAREN HAYES DECKER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ATHENE ANNUITY & LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY vs TEAVANA HOLDINGS, EVELYN MENDEZ, DADMARIA LICEAGA, AND BRANTLEY TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JAVION LECHESTE JAMES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STANLEY RAY COOKSTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
HELLFEST PRODUCTIONS vs IMMORTAL WARRIOR PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANK CARL TAYLOR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MANDI JACKSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN SERHAN ORAL vs BROOKE ROBERTS ORAL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GRANT AMATO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JIMMIE H. ELLIOTT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON REVIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SERGIO WINSTON ARCHER HENDERSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JULIO SANTIAGO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AIMEE DELGADO vs CHRISTIAN DELGADO ORTIZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Edward T. James v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
MICHAEL W. PALMER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
La Fiduciaria, S.A. v. Erick Portuguez and Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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