Katherine G. Essrig
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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451 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Katherine G. Essrig across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Independent Living I
Also: Dependency Specialty V (Administrative Judge)
Courtroom Edgecomb Crt 307
Independent Living I · Dependency Specialty V (Administrative Judge)
Shambra Patrick
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Education: Law School: J.D., with honors, University of Florida College of Law, 1981; Undergraduate: A.B.,; cum laude; , Public Policy Studies, Duke University, 1978; Local public schools, Tampa, Florida; Honors; Brian McEwen Award for Outstanding Service to Children and Families, Champions for Children, 2023; Lifetime Achievement Award for Children’s Advocacy, Early Childhood Council of Hillsborough County, 2018; Luminary Award (awarded to Tampa’s “greatest community leaders”), The Junior League of Tampa, 2017; Second Chances for Children Champion Award, Eckerd Kids, 2016; National Judicial Leadership Award, Casey Family Programs, 2015; Lifetime Achievement Award, Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay, 2015; William E. Gladstone Award (awarded at statewide Dependency Summit) for judicial leadership and service to Florida’s children, 2012; 13th Judicial Circuit Outstanding Service Award (awarded at statewide Dependency Summit), Florida Department of Children and Families, 2009 — Professional Activities: Member, Florida Supreme Court Steering Committee on Families and Children in; the Courts, 2010-2018; Chair, Florida Dependency Model Courts Panel, 2012-2016; Member, Florida Dependency Model Courts Panel, 2010-present; President, Ferguson-White Chapter, American Inns of Court, 2002-2003; Member, Ferguson-White Chapter, American Inns of Court, 1987-present; Chair, 13th Judicial Circuit Committee on Judicial Assignments and Reassignments, 2015; Vice-Chair, Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, 2007-2011; Member, Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, 2001-present; Chair, 13th Judicial Circuit Dependency Judicial Engagement Project, Casey Family Programs, 2013-2020; Chair, 13th Judicial Circuit Safe Reduction Workgroup, 2013-2020; President, Athena Society, 2007-2008; Member, Athena Society, 1991-present; Member, 13th Judicial Circuit Facility Dog workgroup, 2013-present
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Edgecomb Courthouse, 800 E. Twiggs St., Room #320D, Tampa, Florida 33602
Verified against Judge Katherine G. Essrig's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
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Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Essrig), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 451 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 9 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 12, 2004–November 5, 2025) 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.
L. T. v. Department Of Children And Families
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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Independent Living Icurrent
date not recorded — present · Courtroom Edgecomb Crt 307
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
J. S. H. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
S.K. v. K.K.
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Jones v. Jones
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
M.B. v. Department of Children & Family Services
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
L.C., J.T., L.S.,J.S., & R.S. v. Department of Children & Family Services
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Adoption Miracles, LLC. v. S.C.W.
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
J.H. v. Department of Children & Family Services
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
C.B.S. v. Department of Children & Family Services
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
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