Circuit Judge · Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
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Family — Division FM-G (Duval)
Judge Guy is the Administrative Judge for the Family Law Division in Jacksonville and has served in that Division since his appointment to the Circuit Court bench in December 2015. He is a member and past president of the Florida Family Law American Inn of Court and a member of The Chester Bedell American Inn of Court. Judge Guy is the Fourth Judicial Circuit Mentor Coordinator and the Fourth Judicial Circuit’s designated Hague Conference Judge. He serves as faculty for the Florida Judicial College, the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges, and the Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies. He is also a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association’s Judicial Relations Committee and the Fourth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee. Judge Guy serves his community by speaking and volunteering frequently at local schools, his church and other organizations. He is also a mentor with the Take Stock in Children program. Judge Guy taught a Trial Practice course as an adjunct professor at the Florida Coastal School of Law from 2002 until 2019. Judge Guy has also served as a faculty member for the National District Attorneys Association from 2002 to 2010. Judge Guy has lectured for the American Prosecutors Research Institute APRI, the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association FPAA, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys APA, and the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys NCCDA. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Guy was an Assistant State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit for more than 22 years after graduating from the University of Florida College of Law in 1992. He attended Alfred I. DuPont Middle School and Samuel W. Wolfson High School in Jacksonville. Judge Guy graduated from the University of Florida with High Honors. He is married and has three children. Senior Judge – Ronald P. Higbee Judge Higbee received a Bachelor's of Science in Criminology cum laude in 1975 from Florida State University and a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Florida with honors in 1978. He was a member of the United States Navy serving in the Judge Advocate General's Corps both on active duty and in the Reserves attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander before separation from the Reserves. He was an Assistant State Attorney in Jacksonville from 1984 until 1986 and served in the private sector from 1986 until 1988. He was an Assistant Public Defender from 1988 until 2002 where he served in the felony, special defense, and homicide divisions. In addition, he was a supervisor for three years of all the County Court attorneys for the Public Defend
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 32 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 29, 2017–June 12, 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.
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CARLA NEWKIRK VS RHASHA NEWKIRK, IRIS NEWKIRK, JAMES McGARY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
last checked September 4, 2026
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Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Niva Penido Costa Cruz de Carvalho, Former Wife vs Leonardo de Carvalho Pereira, Former Husband
First District Court of Appeal · Clay County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Nicholas A. Fonseca v. Syntia Colon
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sharon Adams Odom vs John H. Odom
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Wanda Bermudez vs Gilberto Bermudez
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jovan L. Jubert v. Kimberly Jackson f/k/a Kimberly Phillips
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Farhad Soheilinia vs Addie Lee Bourke
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Esther L. Ash vs John Campion
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Cryselda Lucombe v. Anthony Lucombe
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
David B Cox vs Cindy Y Cox/Cindy D Yedlicka
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Margaret Taylor, Former Wife vs Pamela Davis, Former Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Andrea R. Hart Busey vs Hillery B. Maher
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
In re: Syteria Hephzibah-El
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rodney C. Glover v. Latoya M. Brown
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Neytha Lewis v. Department of Revenue and Zain Ameen Nelson
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rosalyn Lamar v. David Lamar, Sr.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anthony B. Miles, Former Husband vs Maryam Amaker, Former Wife, Two I's, L.L.C., Big I Little I, L.L.C., Little I's, Big I's, L.L.C., ITNOJ, L.L.C., 3629.51 Smedley Street, L.P., Allegheny Tioga Development, L.P., et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Esther Campion, n/k/a Esther Lina Ash vs Harold E. Patricoff, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Campion
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Robert J. Conchiglia v. Jennifer A. Conchiglia
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Racquel Jackson v. Corey Lundy
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Nilson Murillo Valencia v. Adriana Jaime
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Zoe Gathers, Former Wife vs Zamon Gathers, Former Husband
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rodney C. Glover v. Latoya M. Brown
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bruce Vernon Cox, Former Husband vs Cathy Sue Davis, f/k/a Cathy Sue Cox, Former Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Denise Cross vs Leo Jones
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Natasha Ducali vs Humberto Ducali
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Alexander Curtis Brooks vs Kristine N. Willis
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA") vs City of Jacksonville, Charles E. Dixon, III, Barry E. Dixon and Oliver L. Dixon
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Marcy Nicole Overstreet, Wife vs Dwayne Stanley Overstreet, Husband
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Richard D. Leija vs Whitney Byrd
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Yvette D. Quillen, Former Wife vs William E. Quillen, Former Husband
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Terry Gaynor vs Meco Gaynor Inod & OBO Octavius B. Thornton
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
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