Senior Judge · Fourth Judicial Circuit Court
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1,232 verified requirements govern practice before Judge Mallory D. Cooper across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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In December 2005, Governor Jeb Bush appointed Judge Mallory Cooper to the Circuit Court bench. Judge Cooper had served as a County Court Judge in Duval County beginning in January 1997. As a County Court Judge, she presided over criminal, civil, small claims, and traffic court cases. In addition, she completed a two-year special assignment to the Circuit Court Dependency Division and Juvenile Drug Court. In Circuit Court, Judge Cooper presided over the Repeat Offender Court and multiple high-profile cases. When Judge Cooper retired in 2015, she was the Administrative Judge for the Felony Division.
Judge Cooper’s leadership, insight, and determination were instrumental in the building of the new Courthouse, as she served on the Courthouse Planning Committee. Additionally, Judge Cooper served on the Jacksonville Bar Association Children's Needs Committee, and has been a member of The Florida Bar, the Jacksonville Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Judges Association, the Conference of County Court Judges, and Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.
Judge Cooper received her Juris Doctorate from the Florida State University College of Law in 1986. Upon graduation, she served as an Assistant State Attorney for ten years prior to her election to County Court. As an Assistant State Attorney, she served as the Juvenile Division Chief and also worked for two years in the Special Assault Unit where she won the Mayor's Victim Assistance Advisory Council's Victims’ Rights Award
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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).
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 315 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 18, 2007–April 27, 2022) 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 315 are counted in the outcome census above.
Robert Eric Denney vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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A.L.W. vs Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
William Junior Barber vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Donald James Smith v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
Eric Newberg vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.F., Mother of M.F., M.F., L.F., Minor Children vs Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jazmyn Tanae Irene Oneal vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Cecil Shyron King v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Charles Johnson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Charles Johnson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
James Dickerson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jerry Gallion vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Derrick Cummings vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lawrence Austin Bethel vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Toddrick Lee vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Brian Preston vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Bernard White vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Ricky T. Oliver vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Dennis T. Glover v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Duval County
Burke L. Silas vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lawrence Austin Bethel, I I I vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Demetrius Dallas vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Randall T. Deviney v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Duval County
Elijah Lacal Union vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEVEN D. ALLMOND vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Bernard White vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Curtis vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Shawn D. Shanks vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Carlos Isiah Strickland vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Anthony D. Perry vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GERALD L. TAYLOR vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Keon M. Lynch vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY J. MIDDLETON vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Matthew Jason Hutchins vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Matthew Jason Hutchins vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Anthony Virginia vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Khalef Jamal Miller vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Eddie James Moultrie vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Latroy Antwan Montgomery vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Tristan Smith vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jermaine Terrell Dillion vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Richard Christinsen vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Foster Lee Brown vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT ALEXANDER vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Terrance Janon Kerrin vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rudolph Rock vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Marlon Shanti Potts vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Willis Armando Miller vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RANEY RICHARDSON vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Fred S. Horace vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Duval County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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