Robert Segal
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 Robert Segal across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Family — Brevard County
Education: BA -- Political Science -- George Washington University, 1988; JD -- Vermont Law School, 1991; Professional History; Assistant Public Defender; Private practitioner; General Magistrate; Judicial History; Appointed to Circuit Court by Governor Rick Scott in December 2018; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; Coming Soon; Moore Justice Center; Judge Segal Holds Court at the Moore Justice Center in; Brevard County; 2825 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
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Moore Justice Center, Viera, Brevard, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Robert Segal's Uniform Procedures for the Family Division
Verified against Judge Robert Segal's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division G — Family (controlling: AO 26-16-B eff. 2026-04-01)
Moore Justice Center, Viera, Second floor
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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 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/robert-segal-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 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 22 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (October 13, 2020–June 9, 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.
JASON FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
last checked September 4, 2026
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Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
David Todd Colen v. Steven Joel Levin
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAMARIS TORRES-MELENDEZ VS JUAN MELENDEZ-ANDRADE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAMARIS TORRES-MELENDEZ VS JUAN MELENDEZ-ANDRADE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LAEL FISHER WOODS VS CHRISTOPHER PATRICK WOODS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Kevin Joseph v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARCELINO PENALOZA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
WILLIAM ARSIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KELLY LETT vs JEREMY LETT
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAIGE C. SULLIVAN N/K/A PAIGE C. AUER vs JACOB JAMES CULWELL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RACHEL M. SADOFF, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS BREVARD COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AND COMPTOLLER vs BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WAYNE IVEY, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF BREVARD COUNTY, ET AL.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CARLOS ENRIQUE AVILES N/K/A CARLO CARLU'CHI vs PAULINE ANGELA BERTRAM AVILES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAIGE C. ENGLISH F/K/A PAIGE C. SULLIVAN vs JACOB JAMES CULWELL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALLEN SHERWOOD PUTNAM vs NINA GIBLARO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A.N. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LENA MARIE LINDBERG vs BRUCE LEE ASSAM, ERIC THOMPSON, VINCENT ALBERT CITRO, EDWARD MELVIN FITZGERALD, OFFICER MODERSON, JINELLE GILETTE, GEORGE PENLEY, JEANNIE HOFFHINE AND DAVID BUTLER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Zabdial Phillips v. Department of Revenue o/b/o Cassandra Claire Eno
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ricky D. Pusey v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
William G. Grott v. Angela Jo Shoe
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARTHUR VAUGHN HARRIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES THREATS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KIRLEW BROWN vs KELLY MCEACHERN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Brevard County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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