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Stephanie F. Tew
County Judge · Palm Beach County Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
County Judge · Palm Beach County Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Stephanie F. Tew across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Criminal — Division E
Courtroom 9.2203
On this assignment since June 8, 2026
Main Judicial Complex — 9.2203 / courtroom 9H
UMC for matters under five minutes; materials three days ahead; remote requests two days ahead. Page states conflicting hard-copy thresholds (over 20 pages and over 15 pages) — court's own conflict, uncorrected.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 15th's own judges grid publishes assignment and phone facts but no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
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 Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Verified against AO 11.101-06/2026 (signed 6/5/2026, eff. 6/8/2026 — fetched + sha256-hashed cb1b9451…, all 4 pages transcribed) and the live division instruction page (fetched + hashed 2026-07-22).
12 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.
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 13 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 20, 2024–June 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.
John Porath and Sandra Porath v. Gina Nugent
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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5 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division E on continuances & cancellations.
5 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division E on filing & notice deadlines.
2 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division E on uniform motion calendar & special sets.
Judge Tew reserves UMC for status checks, plea conferences, and 5-minute-or-less motions; suppression, limine, bond, and restitution hearings must be specially set.
RM & Associates Consulting, Inc., a/a/o Quame Mckinnon v. People's Trust Insurance Company
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Luis A. Soro v. John Stomski and Catey Stomski
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Eric B. Yogel and Lisa D. Yogel v. The Placide Condominium Association, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Peter Allegianis v. Michael Rowe
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Richard J. Ruvido v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Riot Jacques and Claire Jacques v. Reece Builders East Coast Division, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Jeff R. Lubin v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Luis Soro v. Sheehan's Towing, Inc. and Crystal L. Sheehan Griffin
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Latonia P. Coney v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Corey Tate v. Family Pools, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Junior Mentor v. Samantha Normil
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Angel David Hernandezmontaner v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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