Laurie E. Buchanan
Circuit Judge · Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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910 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Laurie E. Buchanan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Okeechobee County
Also: Appellate; Civil; Family; Juvenile; Probate and Guardianship
Courtroom B
On this assignment since January 12, 2026
Circuit Judge — Okeechobee County · Appellate; Civil; Family; Juvenile; Probate and Guardianship
PROFILE (live circuit19.org, verified 2026-07-24): Subject areas — Appellate; Civil; Family; Juvenile; Probate & Guardianship. Courthouse: Okeechobee County Judicial Center. Courtroom B (general procedures). Judicial assistant: Tiffany Wile. Phone (863) 763-1122. Fax (863) 763-1415. 1 judge-specific procedure/form PDF(s) in BenchPath custody. Assignments controlled by Amended AO 2026-03 (Judicial Assignments for 2026, eff. Jan 12 2026, signed Chief Judge Charles A. Schwab).
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 Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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8 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 910 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 60 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 4, 2016–June 24, 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 60 are counted in the outcome census above.
JUDITH KAY NICHOLS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
last checked September 3, 2026
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Daryl Tindall v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Tami Molina v. Moises Molina
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Corey D. Byrd v. Robert Bryner, Warden of Okeechobee Correctional Institution, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
YOLANDO GREEN VS SHARON FARMER
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
T.M., THE MOTHER VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LUIS ANGEL SERRANO, CENTRAL FLORIDA EQUIPMENT RENTALS, INC., VS ADDISON GRACE DICKINSON, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Joshua Michael Acevedo v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kenna Leffler v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
J.O., THE FATHER vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
CARLA ROHL AND KURT A. ROHL v. ARK SHUCKERS REAL ESTATE LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daylon Sam Youngblood v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COMERICA BANK AND TRUST, N.A., VS HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. d/b/a
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Department of Children & Families and Guardian Ad Litem, v. K.R., The Father, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Edwin Javier Castro v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ULYSSES BROWN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
B.D., THE MOTHER vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Venus Doris Bubel v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Marcus Barrett v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Maria Mae Dusen v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TERESA PERDOMO and ROBERT PERDOMO vs STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL BOOGAART, as Personal Representative of VS PSL REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE, LLC d/b/a
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Alfred Rhiner vs Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc., d/b/a Lawnwood Healthcare Specialists, LLC, et al. v. Gwendolyn Rouse, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marleana Rouse, Deceased, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
VIRGINIA MILLER VS MORAN FOODS, LLC d/b/a SAVE-A-LOT and
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Terry Hare v. Tania Decooman McLaughlin, et al
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Jeffrey Battle v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary of Department of Corrections
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ARK REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INC. vs 21ST MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Daylon Sam Youngblood v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bonnie Dove v. Matthew Freer
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ROSANA BOULHOSA NASSAR vs JESSINA CLEMENTS RHODEN
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
F.H. PASCHEN, S.N. NIELSEN & ASSOCIATES, LLC vs B & B SITE DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
CASSANDRA EVERETT vs KAMPGROUNDS OF AMERICA, INC.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ASHLEY RULE, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF KELI RULE vs CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JACOB BRYAN vs GALLEY MAID MARINE PRODUCTS, INC., d/b/a OFF ROAD INNOVATIONS, etc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Simei Moreira Da Silva v. Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Okeechobee County, Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
ALMIRA SWYGERT, as Personal Representative of the VS PSL REHABILITATION AND HEALTHCARE, LLC d/b/a
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHAVALIER DWAYNE JOHNSON, SR. vs DR. NICHOLS, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Columbus574, LLC v. Susan D. Deppert
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Thomas J. McNulty o/b/o the Estate of Betty Jane Contillo v. Kristin Jo Plain
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PHUC MINH NGUYEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDWARD LEE WILSON vs JULIE JONES, SEC. OF FL DEPT OF CORR
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COQUINA WATER CONTROL DISTRICT vs ELAINE J. WOLD LLC and KEITH C. WOLD, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MITCHELL T WATSON vs JULIE JONES, SEC. OF FL DEPT OF CORR
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NOEL E. STEPHEN, SHERIFF OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY vs RICARDO MEDRANO-ARZATE, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALINE NORMAN vs JANNE JAIMES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
PEDRO POTES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT MARK GREENE vs WARDEN OF OKEECHOBEE CORR. INST.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT MARK GREENE vs WARDEN, OKEECHOBEE CORRECTIONAL INST.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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