Lori Cotton
County Judge · Marion County Court
Medium — verify before relying· verified July 25, 2026
County Judge · Marion County Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Lori Cotton across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Judge — Marion County
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From Judge Lori Cotton's own profile page on the circuit's county judiciary index, verified 2026-07-25.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Adrian G. Soud, Brian D. Lambert, Eric J. Eisnaugle, F. Rand Wallis, Harvey L. Jay, James A. Edwards, Joe Boatwright, John M. Harris, John MacIver, Paige Kilbane, Scott Makar
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Assignment reconstructed from M-2024-37 base + M-2025-30 dated rotation (both orders fetched+hashed 2026-07-20); labeled INFERRED pending a consolidated county order. Contact/procedure data verified from live profile.
5 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 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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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.
THOMAS HARTER VS SENTAGE CORPORATION D/B/A DENTAL SERVICES GROUP, BELLEVIEW DENTAL CENTER, INC., AND
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
REAVIS KENDRICK vs THOMAS LEA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AMY CHRISTINE MCCORD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
last checked September 4, 2026
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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