Michael Rudisill
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Michael Rudisill across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Seminole County
Education: J.D., University of Florida College of Law; B.A., History (with Honors), University of Florida; Diploma, (with Honors) Winter Park High School; Judicial History; Appointed to the Circuit bench in 2009; Won election to remain on bench, 2010; – Re-elected without opposition, 2016; Civil and Family Division, 2009-2024; Civil Administrative Judge, 2018-2024; Juvenile Drug Court, 2010-Present; Legislative Liaison, 2010-Present; Former Administrative Judge for the Civil Appellate Division; Associate Judge, Fifth District Court of Appeal, (Summer 2011); Criminal Division 2024-present
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Seminole Criminal Justice Center, Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Division M - Judge Rudisill's Policies and Procedures; Courtroom Decorum Policy; Felony Plea Agreement (English); Felony Plea Agreement (Espanol)
Verified against Judge Michael Rudisill's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division M — Criminal (controlling: AO 26-28-S eff. 2026-07-01)
Seminole Criminal Justice Center, Sanford
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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 104 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 3, 2010–July 16, 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.
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CYNTHIA KILLOUGH AND KEVIN KILLOUGH VS THE HAMILTON PLACE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, INC.
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ORLANDO KINGDOM OVIEDO SHOPPING CENTER, LLC, STANLEY GOLDBERG AND JOYCE GOLDBERG vs GEMINI PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARIEON GASQUE VS DANNY KISWANI
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Lamar Sims v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARIEON GASQUE VS DANNY KISWANI
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James Pritchard, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jimmie R. Jennings III v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARIEON GASQUE VS DANNY KISWANI
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Per Curiam Opinion
Kamal Sylvester v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jacob Ross Mound v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Robert Lee Shull v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SERVICE NETWORK DESIGN, LLC D/B/A INSURCARD, JOHN ROBERT MENDTE, AND ROY SCHWARTZ VS THE MSA CARD, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert Lee Shull v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Daniel K. Borders v. Glenn Harris
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHERMAN BALCH vs WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., ET AL.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LETETIA N. BALDWIN F/K/A LETETIA N. HARRIS vs MARC D. HARRIS, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY LOUIS HARRIS, DECEASED, AND AS THE SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE HENRY L. HARRIS FAMILY TRUST
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
NICOLE BIGELOW vs CHRISTOPHER RITSEMA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CITY OF OVIEDO VS SUMMIT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC AND RED APPLE AT LOCKWOOD, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARK W. DARRAGH vs NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHERMAN BALCH vs WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 2016-1, MARIE G. MICHEL A/K/A MARIE GABRIELLE COLAS, A/K/A MARIE MICHEL, ET AL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT P. WINTER vs DAFFLYN PROPERTY, LLC., A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WILLIAM WARREN PROPERTIES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION D/B/A STORQUEST SELF STORAGE, 7-ELEVEN INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION, ET AL.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHEILA ELAINE HOWLEY vs HATSADY PANYANOUVONG; HATSADY PANYANOUVONG, AS ADMINISTRATOR AD LITEM FOR THE ESTATE OF BOUNSOU PANYANOUVONG, DECEASED; and STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., A FOREIGN PROFIT CORPORATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SARAH SAARIO vs PATRICK TILLER, TILLER AND SHEETS, LLC, TS ACCOUNTING BRIDGE, LLC AND RUSH COMMERCIAL CLEANING, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARIN M. SKELLY vs ANGELLE SKELLY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
DR. LAWRENCE GOLUB vs BARBARA ANN GOLUB, AN ALLEGED INCAPACITATED PERSON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LORI HILDMEYER A/K/A LORI A. HILDMEYER AND DONALD A. PETERSON vs PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SARAH ALI ASAD vs ASAD ALI SHEIKH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHRISTOPHER PETERSON AND MADELYN PETERSON vs UNIVERSAL PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAOLO MAUTONE vs HEATHROW SQUARE, LLC AND ROSSELLINI'S & COMPANY, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SCOTT DAVID SILVER vs MICHELLE SILVER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATHIAS BHAJAN vs AMANDA M. ADAMS, F/K/A AMANDA M. FODERINGHAM
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
James Oliver Postell, III, v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Jeffrey Friedman v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Channing Leavertis Byrd v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Matthew Webb v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James Oliver Postell, III v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BAZD MEG, LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank National Association, As Trustee for Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust Morgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-3, GTTB, LLC, Heathrow Master Associations, Inc., PNC Bank, National Association, Successor In Interest to RBC Centure Bank, Seminole County Florida and Dulcie Payne
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James Mulato v. DTSL Limited
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SARAH AFTAB MIAN F/K/A SARAH ALI ASAD VS ASAD ALI SHEIKH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nadia Kiswani v. Saleem Hafza
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Rodney L. Jackson v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Mofoluso O. Murnane v. Sean P. Murnane
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Mark Duane Hodges v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Zahidz, LLC and Mir Nawaz v. Arena Alafaya, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Jennifer Vega v. William Harper
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
COURTNEY CANOVA AND KELLY CANOVA VS R&B1, LLC, RYTHM AND BLUES ENTERTAINMENT, LLC D/B/A TIJUANA FLATS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
William Hefley and Aimee Hefley v. Christopher Holmquist
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Danielle Hilaire and Troy Rambaransingh v. Bank of America National Assocation, et al
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Billy Gene Atkins, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nasir Malik Faison v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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