Kathryn M. Speicher
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Kathryn M. Speicher across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Brevard County
Education: Stetson University College of Law; , Juris Doctor & Leadership Development Certification, January 2003 to December 2005; Stetson University; , Master of Business Administration, May 2004 to December 2005; University of Florida; , Master of Agri-Business, January 2000 to August 2001; University of Florida; , Bachelor of Science in Food and Resource Economics with an emphasis in Agri-Business management, August 1996 to December 1999; Florida Bar, Board Certification in Criminal Trial Law; attained 2018; Employment History; Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office; Eastern Florida State College; , Adjunct / Lecturer in both Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, 2009 to 2018
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Moore Justice Center, Viera, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Speicher Criminal Division Procedures; PDF Format; MS Word Format; PDF Format; MS Word Format; PDF Format; MS Word Format; PDF Format; MS Word Format
Verified against Judge Kathryn M. Speicher's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division X — Criminal (controlling: AO 26-16-B eff. 2026-04-01)
Moore Justice Center, Viera, Fourth floor
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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/kathryn-speicher-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 10 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 37 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 28, 2023–July 30, 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.
Isaac Evenecer Almonte v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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KELLY WISHEART VS JEFFREY WISHEART
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Andre Patrick Edwards v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Joseph Edwards v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
David L. Rouse v. Francisca I. Rouse
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Donald Duchateau v. Jeannine Duchateau n/k/a Jeannine Duchateau Verbos
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Reginal M. Hardy v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Alvin T. Adderley v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Berkley Durand Whitfield v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kevin Joseph v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KIRLEW BROWN VS KELLY MCEACHERN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anthony Welch v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DONALD DUCHATEAU VS JEANNINE DUCHATEAU N/K/A JEANNINE DUCHATEAU VERBOS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Todd J. Thomas v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Josiah Williams v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Chadwick Willacy v. State of Florida & Chadwick Willacy v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Sidney Maurice Jones v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Andreas Johnson v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Trayvon Jones v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jonathan Chase v. Mary Hendershot f/k/a Mary Chase
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Kirby v. Stephanie Kirby
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael S. Melton v. Sandra M. Melton
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Todd A. Wagner, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jeremiah Simpkins v. Kristina Nusser
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jeffrey J. Gilberts v. Danielle Manderino-Gilberts
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Dana-Marie Lee v. Alan Lee
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kelly Wiseheart v. Jeffrey Wiseheart
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sidney Maurice Jones v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jerome Lamont Hill v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Donovan Tyler Adkins v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gregg D. Gonzales v. Malgorzata A. Gonzales
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jennifer Martin v. Craig Sater
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Walter Wayne Johnson, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Derek Roszkowiak v. Leah Roszkowiak
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jeremiah Simpkins v. Kristina Nusser
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Leah Head v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brittani Maerz v. Christopher Maerz
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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