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Josephine Gagliardi
County Judge · Lee County Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
County Judge · Lee County Court
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County Judge — Lee County
Josephine Gagliardi was appointed to the County bench by Governor Jeb Bush in 2006. As a county judge she hears both civil and criminal matters. The criminal matters are misdemeanors, and the civil matters concern litigation with the jurisdictional amounts of $50,000 for County Court and $8000 for Small Claims Court. She also hears traffic and municipal ordinance violations. Since 2008, she has volunteered to handle cases for the Lee County Felony Adult Drug Court program. This program assists addicts to recover, attain sobriety, and become productive members of society. In 2022, she additionally began presiding over Mental Health Court and Veterans Court.
Judge Gagliardi serves on the Florida Courts Technology Commission of the Florida Supreme Court. She is a judicial mentor judge and participates in court business meetings regularly. In the past, she has served on the Florida Courts Education Council, the Publications Committee, and she has been the Editor of the Courier, the newsletter of the Conference of County Court Judges of Florida, as well as participating regularly on court education programs, committees, and workgroups. For the 2019-2020 term she was the chair of the Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee. In the year 2000, she served as the president of the Lee County Bar Association.
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Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Published forms & procedures: Office Procedures For The Office Of The Honorable Josephine Gagliardi; Remote Hearing Procedures for Judge Josephine Gagliardi; PIP Standard Joint Stipulation to Invoke FL Rules of Civil Procedure
Verified against Judge Josephine Gagliardi's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Lee Misdemeanors, Ordinances & Criminal Traffic 16.7% Small Claims 11.1% Civil Traffic Infractions 11.1% Drug Court 50% Veterans Court 100% Mental Health Court 100%
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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).
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=gagliardi), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 3 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
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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.
MATTHEW TYLER MEINECKE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALLAN FRANK HOFFMANN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Nadzo v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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