Mikaela Nix-Walker
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 Mikaela Nix-Walker across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Domestic Relations — Division 3/42 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2023-2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Relations; 2021-2022 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Criminal — Education: Juris Doctor: Florida A&M, College of Law; Bachelor of Arts: University of Central Florida — Professional Activities: Member, Central Florida Family Inns of Court; Member, Osceola County Bar Association; Member, Paul C. Perkins Bar Association; Orange County Charter Review Commissioner 2016; Committee Chair, Constitutional Revisions; Executive Board Member, Boy Scouts of America, Central Florida Council; Board of Directors, Tiger Bay of Central Florida, Inc.; Florida A&M College of Law, Dean Advisory Board 2025
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Orange County Courthouse
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Uncontested Dissolution Hearings and Checklist; Equitable Distribution Spreadsheet Instructions; AO 2014-19 - Establishing Ninth Judicial Circuit Court Domestic Court Guidelines; Instructions; Guidelines and Procedures
Verified against Judge Mikaela Nix-Walker'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/mikaela-nix-walker), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 5 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 545 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 10 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 25, 2022–July 16, 2024) 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.
BERNARD PEW VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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HUNTER ANTHONY BLACK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
KENNETH WAYNE ESTEP, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PETER JOHN BEATTIE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs CILVIS C. WOODSON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JUSTIN MYSHAWNE DAVON COSBY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STACY ANTONIO SCOTT VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs OSCAR TRINIDAD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
TRENT THOMAS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER RENICK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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