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John E. Jordan
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge John E. Jordan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Civil — Division 2/40 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2025-2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Civil; 2025 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2023-2024 Circuit Judge, Orange and Osceola County Business Court; 2019-2022 Circuit Judge, Orange County Business Court; 2021-2022 Administrative Judge, Circuit Civil; 2019 Associate Administrative Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2018-2019 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2015-2017 Circuit Judge, Orange County Civil; 2013-2014 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Civil (Probate, Guardianship and Mental Health); 2013-2014 Associate Administrative Circuit Judge, Osceola County; 2012 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic; 2011-2012 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Unified Family Court; 2009-2011 Orange County Judge, Civil; 2008 Orange County Judge, Specialized Division — Education: Juris Doctor: University of Florida; Bachelor of Arts: University of South Florida — Professional Activities: Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit and Appellate Court Mediator; Mediator Qualifications and Discipline Review Board (2016-18); Member, American College of Business Court Judges; Business Court Representative to the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association; Associate Judge, Fifth District Court of Appeal (November 2015); Mentor Judge - Ninth Judicial Circuit; Faculty, Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges; United States District Court – Middle District; Supreme Court of the United States Bar; Lecturer/Co-Author, Legal Seminars on Civil Litigation, Automobile Negligence, Premises Liability, Discovery, Mediation, Judicial Ethics/ Professionalism, and Complex Business Court; The Florida Bar; Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida; Florida A & M University College of Law, Board of Visitors; Orange County Bar Association
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Orange County Courthouse
Hearing room 1400.02
Published forms & procedures: Pre-Trial Conference Checklist and Order Controlling Trial; Ninth Judicial Circuit Courtroom Decorum Policy; Compulsory Medical Examination Guidelines; Uniform Order Setting Jury Trial and PTC Deadlines; Motion in Limine Procedures; PDF Format; 2024 Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice; Guidelines and Procedures
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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).
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last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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ALLAN E. KEEN, THE KEEWIN REAL PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC AND PHOENIX/POLK VENTURES, LLC vs DEAN K. JENNINGS AND JENNINGS VENTURES, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
SUNSHINE WELLNESS OF AMERICA, LLC, AND CAPITAL LAND GROUP II, LLC, vs KERRY'S NURSERY INC., KERRY HERNDON, NANCY HARTER, JAMES VEIGLE, AND TOREN VEIGLE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN R. ARNOLD, JR., J. ROBERT ARNOLD AND JJJR PROPERTIES, LLC. vs JOHN R. ARNOLD, M.D., JOHN R. ARNOLD, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, ARNOLD GROVES AND RANCH, LTD., A FLORIDA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, KATHRYN F. PITTS, SUSAN P. ARNOLD AND JEFFERY C. ARNOLD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LUV GABRIEL WROTEN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PRN REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENTS, LTD. VS TERRE COLE, ADAM COLE, COLDEV, LLC, COLDEV INVESTMENTS, LLC, C&G REAL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BRIAN K. MCKENZIE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM P. BATTAGLIA, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS CO-TRUSTEE OF THE S.C. BATTAGLIA IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED VS ROBERT E. BATTAGLIA, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS CO-TRUSTEE OF THE S.C. BATTAGLIA IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOAN M. BROUWER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE BROUWER FAMILY TRUST, BAR G. INC., AND THE ESTATE OF GERRIT H. BROUWER, SR. vs WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS, INC., WYNDHAM VACATION OWNERSHIP, INC. AND WYNDHAM VACATION MANAGEMENT, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
JERMAINE TOLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIN CHUNG TSAI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TRAVIS SHAW vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ZAIN GUNSBY VS EDWIN MACKEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND DERIVATIVELY ON BEHALF OF
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CED CAPITAL HOLDINGS 2000 EB, LLC vs CTCW-BERKSHIRE CLUB, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JIMMY L. THORNTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs EDWARD ELMA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
DWAYNE S. SWEAT v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARK KINCHLA, INDIVIDUALLY AND MARK 48, LLC VS RAN INVESTMENTS, LLC, KILGORE PROPERTIES, LLC, NANLANN, INC., ROBERT POLA, NEWTON CORNER CONDOMINIUM
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CTCW-BERKSHIRE CLUB, LLC vs CED CAPITAL HOLDINGS 2000 EB, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN R. ARNOLD, JR., J. ROBERT ARNOLD, AND JJJR PROPERTIES, LLC vs JOHN R. ARNOLD, M.D., JOHN R. ARNOLD, INC., ARNOLD GROVES AND RANCH, LTD., KATHRYN F. PITTS, SUSAN P. ARNOLD, AND JEFFERY C. ARNOLD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LANCELOT AMERICA, LLC VS CHRONUS CONSTRUCTION, INC., ALEXIS FREIRE, MARTONIO PINTO, AND AARON GUESS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES R. PALMER vs HMG VENTURE PARTNER, LLC AND MMA REALTY CAPITAL, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DWAYNE DUNDORE VS KHRYSOS GLOBAL, INC., LEIGH DUNDORE, DUSTIN DUNDORE, YOUNGEVITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BEACON PARK PHASE I HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, INC v. D. R. HORTON, INC., AND HIGHWOODS CONTRACTING CORPORATION
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THOMAS P. SCHMITT, AND FLORIDA PERSONAL INJURY LAW TEAM, LLC VS FLORIDA INJURY LAW FIRM, P.A.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID GUBERT v. GENCOR INDUSTRIES, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RASHID CHOUFANI VS DAVID WISHINSKY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AARON GUESS vs LANCELOT AMERICA, LLC, CHRONUS CONSTRUCTION INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION AND NICOLE SHUFFLEBARGER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAGJIT S. JOHAL a/k/a JAG S. JOHAL v. HART DAIRY CREAMERY CORP.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHARLES LOUIS CONLAN, II VS JOHN A. LARKIN, III, THE HENRIETTA KLEBERG ARMSTRONG TRUST F/B/O JOHN A. LARKIN, III, SOHPIE H.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KERVENS HYACINTHE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LANCELOT AMERICA, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY vs CHRONUS CONSTRUCTION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AARON T. GUESS, AND NICOLE SHUFFLEBARGER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs ADAM EARL ALEXANDER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
YOUNG BOCK SHIM AND CELLUMED CO., LTD., F/K/A KOREA BONE BANK CO., LTD. VS BUECHEL-PAPPAS TRUST
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MICHAEL JAYSON LIPSEY VS SCOTT FRANCIS, JAMES HEISTAND AND PARKWAY PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BOBBY LEE SAVIORY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM P. BATTAGLIA, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS CO-TRUSTEE OF THE S.C. BATTAGLIA IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED VS ROBERT E. BATTAGLIA, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS CO-TRUSTEE OF THE S.C. BATTAGLIA IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
THE FREDRICK L. CHRISTENSEN FAMILY TRUST vs CHRISTENSEN FAMILY I, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAMON ARMAS BORROTO, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELAINA FRANEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MID-CONTINENT CASUALTY COMPANY, on its own and as assignee of REY GROUP, INC. d/b/a REY HOMES v. MASCO CORPORATION and TEXWOOD INDUSTRIES, L.P. d/b/a QUALITY CABINETS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CBRE, INC. v. DIDIERGROUP, LLC, BLAKE PLUMLEY, CAPITAL PURSUITS, LLC and RISON CORNERS PROPERTY, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
J. ROBERT WARD A/K/A ROBERT WARD vs WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR-BY-MERGER TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAJINDER LALLY, RESHAM S. LALLY, LALLY ORANGE BUICK PONTIAC GMC, INC., AND IYFRD HOLDINGS, INC., N/K/A ORANGE BUICK GMC, INC. vs SIMI SANDHU
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANEES AHMAD AND PROFESSIONAL TAX HELP, INC. VS SAJID MUNIR AND FAHIM FARID
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN R. ARNOLD, JR., J. ROBERT ARNOLD AND JJJR PROPERTIES, LLC vs JOHN R. ARNOLD, M.D., JOHN R. ARNOLD, INC., ARNOLD GROVES AND RANCH, LTD., KATHRYN F. PITTS, SUSAN P. ARNOLD AND JEFFERY C. ARNOLD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GLOBAL VERITAS INTELLIGENCE CORP. vs AUTHENTIC PIZZA OF FLORIDA, LLC, OLP 1, LLC, OLP 2, LLC, OLP-FL 1, LLC, OLP-FL 2, LLC, GLENN AJMO, MICHAEL FOX, AND MICHAEL FLETCHER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER CRUTCHER VS JOSEPH COLYER, INDIVIDUALLY AND DERIVATIVELY ON BEHALF OF NOMINAL PLANTIFF
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AKBAR A. ALI, A.A. ALI, CPA, P. A., MALIKA ALI AND JBARA CONSULTING, LLC VS CENTRAL FLORIDA TAX AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LUC LOUIDOR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
THOMAS P. SCHMITT AND FLORIDA PERSONAL INJURY LAW TEAM, LLC VS FLORIDA INJURY LAW FIRM, PA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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