Keith R. Kyle
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Keith R. Kyle across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Published forms & procedures: Judge Keith Kyle General Rules and Requirements; CIVIL TRIAL NOTICES & CIVIL TRIAL ORDERS; CourtCall Telephonic Appearances; Juror Questionnaire Regular Civil Judge Kyle; Pretrial Conference Order; Order/Referral To Nonbinding Arbitration; Order Granting Leave to Withdraw and Setting a Case Management Conference; Order Granting Leave to Withdraw Attorney of Record; Order Approving Settlement and Dismissal of Case with Prejudice; Order Setting Evidentiary Hearing on Default Final Judgment; Order Setting Evidentiary Hearing on Motion; Order Rolling Trials until FL S. Ct. Allows Resumption of Civil Jury Trials; Pretrial Conference Order; Plantiff/Defendant Witness List for Pretrial Conference Order
Verified against Judge Keith R. Kyle's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Lee General Civil T 16.7% Guardianship M(5) 16.7% Probate P(5) 8.33%
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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=rkyle), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge. 14 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 93 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (October 9, 2009–April 2, 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.
last checked September 3, 2026
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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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 93 are counted in the outcome census above.
JAMES M. FOLEY v. DISTINCTIVE DEVELOPEMENT GROUP, LLC, EZIO M. FABRIZI, DOUGLAS M. GRANT, AND 26659 HICKORY, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES M. FOLEY v. DISTINCTIVE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC, EZIO M. FABRIZI, INDIVIDUALLY, AND DOUGLAS M. GRANT, INDIVIDUALLY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SFR SERVICES, LLC A/A/O JAMES ELKIN AND SANDRA ELKIN VS EDISON INSURANCE COMPANY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BARING INDUSTRIES, INC. vs BELTRAM SOUTH, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT DALEY VS ELEVATE ROOFING & EXTERIORS INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA VS DEAN WISH, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CLIFTON LEMANZ SEAWRIGHT VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CARGILL P. BOYD, ET AL VS C3 CONDO & HOA MANAGEMENT, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CASEY ASKAR VS SUSAN ABO, ET AL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
NANCY LEE BUCKINGHAM v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL JOHN CRECELIUS v. MILDRED RIZZITANO, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF ROBERT ANTHONY ALVES, JR., deceased
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JEAN PIERRE BUON VS MICHELLE BURKE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-TRUSTEE OF THE ELIANA BUON IRREVOCABLE TRUST
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NARDAISIA IVERY, individually and as parent and legal guardian of K. S., a minor VS JOHN ANTHONY MANGIN
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SFR SERVICES, LLC, A/A/O MICHAEL CARBONARA AND MARY CARBONARA VS TOWER HILL PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
MARK S. BROWN vs REGIONS BANK sbm AMSOUTH BANK
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TRACIE FINLEY VS GYMNASTIC WORLD, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY VS ROBERT A. LEE, ASCO SERVICES, INC., EMERSON NETWORK POWER SOLUTIONS, INC., ELECTRICAL RELIABILITY SERVICES, INC., THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION AND BRUCE ALEXSON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
HARBIYA K. ABU-KHADIER vs THE CITY OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SANDRA MAIDWELL VS FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TYLER FORREY, DANIELLE FORREY, MILES GARNER, ROOF RX LLC, ISLAND LIFE CHARTER COMPANY, VS MARLIN CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
SANDRA MAIDWELL VS COCONUT CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SABER REAL ESTATE SOUTH AQUISITIONS, LLC vs ALAGOLD COMMUNITIES, LLC AND BONITA FAIRWAYS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEANNA B. BARRINGTON AND JOHN E. BARRINGTON VS MARSHALL D'SOUZA AND LORETTA D'SOUZA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PATRONE, KEMP & BENTLEY, P.A. VS DAVID J. HAAS, SR., as personal representative of the Estate of Carole C. Haas
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BRIANNA MARIE BECK VS JAMES WRIGHT INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE KATHRYN V.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELIZABETH PARISI vs LISA CAVIOLA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SPRINGSTED HOLDINGS, INC. vs DEL PRADO MALL PROFESSIONAL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
IRIS MOSS, AS PERSONAL RESPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ELSIE KATHRINE MOSS vs FI-CAPE CORAL, LLC, DBA REHAB & HEALTHCARE CENTER OF CAPE CORAL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARGARET BAKER - SCHOEN vs KATHYRN RIEGLER
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SANDRA MAIDWELL vs COCONUT CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JENNIFER L. KERKHOFF AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE vs THE ESTATE OF LYNN EARL BROWN, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CONSTANCE LOUISE DEATON vs TIMOTHY LEE DEATON, AS TRUSTEE OF THE DEATON LIVING TRUST, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAUL JACOB, LETOYA JACOB, PENNEY MALOY vs HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF FORT MYERS, PINNACLE HOUSING GROUP, LLC, SABEL PALM PRESERVATION, LLC, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANNETTE ROWE vs MOISES MIRANDA AND ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SCOTT ROSEN, ESTATE OF: ESTEBAN MANUEL EMESTO vs GULF COAST FARMS, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
5 F, L L C vs BRUCE N. HAWTHORNE AND CATHLEEN A. HAWTHORNE
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOELLEN TILSETH, GULF BREEZE PROPERTIES, INC., AND SPORTSBAG, INC. vs GONDOLIER PROPERTIES, LLC, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEFFREY FINLAW, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE vs ROGER FINLAW
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ICS CONTRACTORS, LLC vs SYNERGY RENTS, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JENNIFER L. KERKHOFF AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE vs THE ESTATE OF LYNN EARL BROWN
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CROWN ROOFING, LLC vs JASPER CONTRACTORS, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LYNDA LEONARD - BOYCE vs IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF TERI VAN WINKLE
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
THEODORE WEINER vs ALROB ASSOCIATES, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GENET ARIZONE, ET AL vs HOMEOWNERS CHOICE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
LENNAR HOMES, LLC vs DANIELLE MCKENNA, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRIANNA BECK vs JAMES WRIGHT INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE KATHRYN V. MONTAGNINO TRUST
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
MICAH L. LAWSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GREGORY SPEARS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ICS CONTRACTORS, LLC vs SYNERGY RENTS, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD HESS, MEREDITH HESS AND LUCRE, INC. vs JOHN PATRICK AND DEAN PATRICK, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF TED PATRICK
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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