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Michael Murphy
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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Domestic Relations — Division 3/41 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Relation; 2023-2025 Circuit Judge, Orange County Probate/Guardianship/Mental Health/Trusts; 2022 Administrative Judge, Orange County Juvenile; 2021 Associate Administrative Judge, Orange County Juvenile; 2021-2022 Circuit Judge, Orange County Juvenile Delinquency; 2018-2020 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Civil; 2015-2017 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic; 2012-2014 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2011 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic; 2005-2010 Orange County Judge, Criminal — Education: Juris Doctor: University of Florida; Bachelor of Science, Business Administration: University of Florida; Winter Park High School — Professional Activities: Member, Orange County Bar Association; Member, The Florida Bar Association; Former Adjunct Professor, University of Central Florida; Important Information; Div 41 Case Management Notice; 9th Circuit Courtroom Decorum Policy; Mandatory Meet and Confer Administrative Order; Circuit
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Published forms & procedures: Division 41 Pro Se Final Judgment Instructions; Attorney-Represented Uncontested Dissolutions Checklist; Guidelines and Procedures
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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).
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 83 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 30, 2011–October 21, 2025) 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 83 are counted in the outcome census above.
CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-QX1 vs MAURICE WARD, SILVIA WARD, ASSOCIATION OF POINCIANA VILLAGES, INC. AND POINCIANA VILLAGE ONE ASSOCIATION, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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A. RUBEN LOPEZ, BENEFICIARY AND FORMER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ANGEL LOPEZ MALDONADO vs ANGEL RAUL LOPEZ HERNANDEZ, BENEFICIARY AND ADMINISTRATOR AD LITEM OF THE ESTATE OF ANGEL LOPEZ MALDONADO, STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, AND JULIUS L. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
ROSSY AUTO SERVICE, INC. vs CUMIS INSURANCE SOCIETY, INC. D/B/A CUNA MUTUAL GROUP
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HERBERT TAPIA v. LINDA TAPIA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TERYN BEARDALL THOMPSON O/B/O R.O.B., A CHILD vs MARVIN D. JOHNSON, SR. , CLARA FAY JOHNSON AND TRUSTMARK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CESAR ANGARITA vs BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LANDMARK CONSTRUCTION INC. OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, AS ASSIGNEE OF CARMELO GONZALEZ AND VICTORIA GONZALEZ vs ANCHOR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHANDRA RAMOUTAR A/K/A CHANDRA RAMOUTAR AND DEOKALI D. RAMOUTAR vs BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRIS GRANIER GEARITY vs MARIA THERESA GRANIER STUART, SUSAN MARIE GRANIER LESKANIC, STAN JOSEPH GRANIER, OSCEOLA MEMORY GARDENS, INC., OSCEOLA MEMORY GARDENS II, INC., AND ERVIN LOUIS GRANIER, III
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
A. RUBEN LOPEZ, BENEFICIARY AND FORMER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ESTATE OF ANGEL LOPEZ MALDONADO vs ANGEL RAUL LOPEZ HERNANDEZ, BENEFICIARY AND ADMINISTRATOR AD LITEM OF THE ESTATE OF ANGEL LOPEZ MALDONADO, STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, AND JULIUS L. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.W. CA ORLANDO COMMISSARY, LLC, AS TRUSTEE AND BENEFICIARY OF THE 4026 SUNNY DAY WAY TRUST, A FLORIDA LAND TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 vs U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016 SC6 TITLE TRUST, THE 4026 SUNNY DAY WAY TRUST, A FLORIDA LAND TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 2013, ET AL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY CECIL ELLIS AND PAULA ANN ELLIS vs BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PETER FITZSIMMONS vs JUDITH WESCOTT, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN JAMES FITZSIMMONS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR TBW MORTGAGE-BANK PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3 vs MICHELLE FORSYTH, PATRICK FORSYTH, ET AL.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ACE HOSPITALITY, LLC vs ROLLING OAKS SPLENDID, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WEST BAY FL, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, ET AL.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALEXANDRA LOPEZ vs AVATAR PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ANN MARIE MEINERT vs WAWA, INC. D/B/A WAWA, KELLY, COLLINS & GENTRY, INC., STIEREN ASSOCIATES, INC., RUTH STIEREN, CHARLES F. STIEREN, JR., AND MULLIGAN CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015-16TT vs DANIELLE S. TACORONTE A/K/A DANIELLE TACORONTE, JESSE E. TACORONTE, GB HOME EQUITY, LLC, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., MARC B. COHEN AND GREENSPOON MARDER, P.A.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
S.L.F., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANN MARIE MEINERT vs WAWA, INC. D/B/A WAWA, KELLY, COLLINS & GENTRY, INC., STIEREN ASSOCIATES, INC., RUTH STIEREN, CHARLES F. STIEREN JR., AND MULLIGAN CONSTRUCTORS, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JORGE COLON AND AUREA COLON vs STILLWATER PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
EXECUTIVE VILLAS FLORIDA.COM, INC. vs JEAN HOLLAND AND EARL HOLLAND
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
OSCEOLA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS vs SAND LAKE SURGERY CENTER, LLC, KRISTIE GILMORE, AND THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION, A FOREIGN PROFIT CORPORATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
OSCEOLA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS vs SAND LAKE SURGERY CENTER, LLC, LORI BLAKE, AND THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION, A FOREIGN PROFIT CORPORATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DAVID SANTIAGO vs OSCEOLA REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC., D/B/A OSCEOLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NICHOLAS PAULETTE vs DANIELLE ROSELLA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RONALD G. MOORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL LOPEZ, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JON LOPEZ vs WILSONART, LLC AND SAMUEL ROSARIO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
A. RUBEN LOPEZ, BENEFICIARY AND FORMER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ANGEL LOPEZ MALDONADO vs ANGEL RAUL LOPEZ HERNANDEZ, BENEFICIARY AND ADMINISTRATOR AD LITEM OF THE ESTATE OF ANGEL LOPEZ MALDONADO, STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, AND JULIUS L. WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PATRICIA JEAN ANTON AND STANLEY JOSEPH ANTON vs HERBURT KYLE FLETCHER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PATRICIA JEAN ANTON AND STANLEY JOSEPH ANTON vs HERBURT KYLE FLETCHER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRIAN NIES vs AFFLUENT FUNDING, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
PATRICIA JEAN ANTON AND STANLEY JOSEPH ANTON vs HERBURT KYLE FLETCHER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHERMAN BALCH vs PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC, STEPHEN PRESTON, GIOCONDA DEL SOCORRO FLORES, SHINGLE CREEK RESERVE AT THE OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. AND THE OAKS MASTER PROPERTY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PATRICIA JEAN ANTON AND STANLEY JOSEPH ANTON vs HERBURT KYLE FLETCHER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BEULAH (ROSITA) FARQUHARSON vs MARY JANE ARRINGTON, OSCEOLA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, AND AS CANDIDATE FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS AND OSCEOLA COUNTY COMMINSSION(ERS)
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERIC M. REDMOND vs FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
COREY DEAN TURNEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID PORTWOOD vs CHRISTINE PORTWOOD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
NINA WARREN vs RICHARD WARREN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RODNEY HURD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JONISE M. LEONARD vs YVES LEONARD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NINA WARREN N/K/A NINA DEVANGUARDIA vs RICHARD WARREN A/K/A ERIC WERMUTH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Crespo v. Lebron
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Hedden v. Hedden
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Department of Revenue v. Jackson
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Duke v. Duke
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Foley v. Foley
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
State v. Edmundo Carabello-Olivero
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Hurst v. Hurst
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
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