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Michael Kraynick
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Michael Kraynick across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Division 1/20 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2024-2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2023 Associate Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic Relations; 2023 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Violence; 2022 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Relations; 2019-2021 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Unified Family Court — Education: Juris Doctor: Barry University School of Law; Bachelor of Arts: Florida State University — Professional Activities: Member, The Florida Bar; Member, Orange County Bar Association; Coach, Student Trial Advocacy Team, Barry University School of Law 2008 - present; Trial Team Coordinator/Faculty Advisor, Student Trial Advocacy Team, Barry University School of Law 2012 - present; Awards and Honors; Florida Super Lawyers,; 2015-2019; Florida Legal Elite,; Florida Trend Magazine, 2014
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Orange County Courthouse
Verified against Judge Michael Kraynick's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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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://ninthcircuit.org/judges/circuit/michael-kraynick), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 545 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 14 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 26, 2020–July 10, 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.
DEVONTE WALKER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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EMILY RAONA NUNEZ vs BRANDON RAONA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CURTIS JOHN MOSES vs KELLY CHRISTINE MOSES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
IN RE: G.J. vs
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JOHN PAUL R. LERIO vs CINDY SANABRIA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KELVIS B. HIGHTOWER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMEL E. MITCHELL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ASHLEY DUNN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JESSE GRAHAM vs CARINA GRAHAM
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
BRIDGET JEANNINE BROOKS vs CEDRIC JOHNSON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERHUSSABEL GABRIEL vs BRYANT DORESTANT
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KARINA PEREIRA vs DERRICK RUTTER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JESSICA HODGE vs JASON HODGE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KAREN NEWELL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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