County Judge · Brevard County Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Kimberly Musselman across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Administrative Judge — County Civil — Brevard County
Education: Florida Institute of Technology, B.S., Psychology, 1992; Widener Commonwealth School of Law, J.D., 2002; Member, Moot Court Honor Society; Founding Member of Criminal Law Society, Served as Secretary and President; Professional History; Probation Officer, Brevard County Probation 1992-1999; Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard A. Lewis, Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, 2001-2003; Assistant State Attorney, Brevard State Attorney's Office, 2004-2022; Judicial History; Elected County Court Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit in November 2022; County Court Judge in the Criminal Division, January 2023 – present; County Court Administrative Judge, July 2023 – present; Judicial Leadership Positions; July 2025 – present - Serving
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Moore Justice Center, Viera, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Musselman’s – Division 10 – Policies and Procedures
Verified against Judge Kimberly Musselman's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division 10 — Civil (controlling: AO 26-16-B eff. 2026-04-01)
Moore Justice Center, Viera, Third 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/kimberly-musselman-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 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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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.
Gary Lewis Housman v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Elijah Lockhart v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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