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Lisa S. Porter
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 Lisa S. Porter across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Charlotte County Justice Center, 350 E. Marion Ave, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Published forms & procedures: Judicial Practices and Procedures; the scheduling procedures for Judge Lisa Porter; New Efiling Procedure For All Proposed Order Submissions; Felony Plea Form; VOP Plea Form Template; Petition Summary Administration; Petition Formal Administration; Final Discharge Checklist; Petition for Administration (Intestate); Petition for Administration (Testate); Petition to Admit Transcript to Record; Petition to Appoint Successor Trustee; Petition for Appointment of Successor Personal Representative; Petition for Attorney Fees; Petition to Determine Amount of Elective Share; Petition to Determine Exempt Property.
Verified against Judge Lisa S. Porter's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Charlotte County Criminal (A-L) 50% Teen Court 25% Mental Health Court 100% Probate 50%
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 Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Carrie Ann Wozniak, Dan Traver, Jared E. Smith, John K. Stargel, Joshua A. Mize, Joshua E. Pratt, Keith F. White, Mary Alice Nardella, Paetra T. Brownlee, Rachel B. Kamoutsas, Roger K. Gannam
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=lporter), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge. 47 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed. FAMILY DETAIL REMOVED 2026-07-25: a court-published biography sentence naming family members had been captured into notes. BenchPath publishes official professional information only and scripts/pii-scan.mjs enforces that in CI. The professional record around it is unchanged.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 811 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 80 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (October 30, 2015–July 28, 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 80 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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ERNEST A. GAYER VS ANTOINETTE S. NICITA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ALBERT M. ROBINSON vs SECTION 23 PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ELIJAH JAMES WASHINGTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LIGIA HERRERA VS JUAN HERRERA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WITTERS CONTRACTING CO., ET AL vs PAUL WEST, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
J. S. G. VS J. A. R. AND R. R.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
BROCKTON FRAZIER VS VICTORIA FRAZIER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER W. CROWLEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA AND AMIRA D. FOX
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ERASMO HERRERA, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BRANDON LEE LOGSDON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J. S. G. VS J. A. R. and R. R.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JESSIE LOZANO v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ANDREW JOSEPH BANYAI VS CINDY LYN BANYAI WALLACE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LORI A. GARDNER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHARLES H. KURLAND vs KATHLEEN A. GALLAGHER KURLAND
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.S.G., VS. J.A.R., ET AL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JAMES GAINVORS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James D. Ford v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
JACOB I. STOUTENBURGH VS MAREIKE M. S. STOUTENBURGH
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
DR. JONATHAN FRANTZ VS JENNIFER CRAWFORD-FRANTZ
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MILTON SHARROD HARRIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TERRY T. CARLTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MELISSA MASON v. TAYLOR RENEE WHISENANT, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF JUSTIN EMIL MASON, deceased
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STEVEN KENNETH KAISER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
SARA ALLYN vs CHRISTOPHER ALLYN
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
OSCAR O. OLGUIN vs ANIEN Y. OLGUIN, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MICHAEL WERNER vs CARLI JO WERNER
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ROBERT H. CARR, RIVIERA MARINA HOLDING COMPANY AND VICTORIA CARAWAY vs HOWARD GARFINKEL AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BARRIE K. BATCHIN
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY vs TREY G. COPE AND AMANDA M. COPE
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MIKEL ROLLYSON, ET AL. vs CCC O. P., LLC, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
W. ALECS DEAN vs JACLYN DIANE BEVIS
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WENDALL HALL vs CAPTAIN BUSH AND MS. REYNOLDS
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LORI ANN GARDNER vs DARLEEN SOLOMON MEADOWS
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DANIEL SHELATZ AND ALLYN SHELATZ vs PUNTA GORDA H M A, INC., D/B/A BAYFRONT HEALTH PUNTA GORDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER PFANNKUCH AND KATHY KELLY, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DYLAN GONZALEZ vs MONICA MOYE REAS AND DALTON REAS
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AMP VII - PALM HARBOUR, L L C vs COMPUTER GURU, L L C, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NICKLOUS TRAVIS ANDERSON vs MS. SMITCH, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KENNETH BALDWIN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
STEPHEN W LAWRENCE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HERITAGE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. VS NAPLES BATH AND TENNIS CLUB UNIT D, INC.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BOBBY F. YOUNG v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENGI N. MERRITT vs MARK INCH, SECRETARY D. O. C.
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON F. DEPRETIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN M. ESPOSITO v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SCOTT HUSS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WENDALL HALL vs NURSE DURAND AND NURSE BLANKENSHIP
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FLORIDA PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY vs CATHERINE NEWLIN AND ERIC NEWLIN
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALYSSABETH KLEIN, RUSSELL KLEIN, AND TRAVIS KLEIN vs KENNETH D. KLEIN, INDIVIDUALLY AND TRUST OF ARTHUR S. KLEIN
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICKY E. SMITH, ET AL. vs WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, F S B, D/ B/ A CHRISTIANA TRUST
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER E. BENNING vs WILLIAM G. PRUMMELL, JR., SHERIFF
Second District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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