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Russell T. Kirshy
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Russell T. Kirshy across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Charlotte County Justice Center, 350 E. Marion Avenue, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Published forms & procedures: Florida Bar Recommended Best Practices for Remote Court Proceedings; Florida Bar Recommended Best Practices for Remote Court Proceedings; Case Management Track Assignments; Procedure for Submission of Proposed Orders; Courtroom Trial Procedure; Procedure To Submitting Hearing Materials; Procedure To Scheduling A Hearing; Agreed Court Ordered Case Management Plan Streamline; Agreed Court Ordered Case Management Plan General; FIGA/UPC/Family Security Extension of Stay Order to February 2024; Standing Order for ALL Circuit Civil Cases; Pretrial Conference Order; 1.13 - Third Amended AO - Establishment and Implementation of Civil Case Management Plan (2/17/; ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 1.19: Standing Orders and Civil Case Management Plans in Residential Mortg; Adverse Childhood Experiences - NM Article; Adverse Childhood Experiences Score Questionnaire; Courtroom Decorum; Designation of Mailing or EMailing Address; Dissolution of Marriage – PDQ; Parenting Bill of 2023; Procedure On Motions To Withdraw By Attorneys Of Record; Sample Timesharing Calendars; Standing Order with Attachment A; Final Declaration For Uncontested Dissolution Of Marriage; Special Interrogatories For Dissolution Of Marriage Cases; Attorney Checklist For Uncontested Dissolutions In Charlotte County; Dependency Chart; Dependency Indigence Form; New Dependency Order Submission Procedures; How To Reopen a Dependency Case; Statutory Timeline for Dependency Cases; Decision Tree; How Quickly Do you Want to Receive Your Documents; How to Move it Forward-Simplified Dissolution; Interested in Becoming a Foster Parent?; Information For Self-Represented (Pro Se) Parties; New Keep It Simple Directions To File A Dissolution Of Marraige; Notice of Barriers To Completing My Case Plan; Amendments To Florida Rule Of General Practice And Judicial Administration 2.515; AOSC26-12
Verified against Judge Russell T. Kirshy's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Charlotte County Civil 50% Guardianship 50%
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Carrie Ann Wozniak, Dan Traver, Jared E. Smith, John K. Stargel, Joshua A. Mize, Joshua E. Pratt, Keith F. White, Mary Alice Nardella, Paetra T. Brownlee, Rachel B. Kamoutsas, Roger K. Gannam
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://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=kirshy), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge. 40 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 811 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.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 14 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 2, 2025–July 17, 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.
BRETT ALAN BEECHER v. CHARLA NICOLE BEECHER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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WALTER MILTON YOST, II VS DENISE CAROLINE GARGASZ-MUELLER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jeffrey Dean Mersch v. Danielle Marie Collins
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN A. SALADINO v. ERIKA F. SALADINO
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
H. P. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
A N. B. v. L. G.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
R. C. v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TYLER RAY PAYNE VS NICOLE MARIE COLLINS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JEROME EDWARD JOHNSON v. STACY ANN BEE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
EDGARDO TIRADO v. CARLA JEANNETTE OSIGIAN-PROBST
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STEVEN SANZARO v. KATHERINE GRACE CROWE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
MATTHEW R. ENGLISH v. KRISSY N. ENGLISH
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
PAUL EMMANUEL KNIGHT v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Charlotte County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN A. SALADINO v. ERIKA F. SALADINO
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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