Michele S. Simonsen
County Judge · Volusia County Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
County Judge · Volusia County Court
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378 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Michele S. Simonsen across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Div 73 County Civil — Volusia County
Volusia County Court Judge Michele S. Simonsen was appointed to the bench in 2025. She earned her undergraduate degree and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. She was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1992 and served as an Assistant State Attorney. Earlier in her career, she worked as an Assistant Federal Public Defender and as an Assistant Solicitor in Pickens and Greenville Counties in South Carolina. She currently hears civil cases at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand.
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Volusia County Courthouse, 101 N. Alabama Ave., Rm. C-337, DeLand, FL 32724
Published forms & procedures: Judge Simonsen Procedures; GENERAL SCHEDULING AND PROCEDURES; Uniform Pretrial Procedures
Verified against Judge Michele S. Simonsen's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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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).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://circuit7.org/judges/judge-michele-s-simonsen/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 3 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 378 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.
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last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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