Circuit Judge · Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court
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320 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Stephen Walker across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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DUI Court & Health Care Court — Sarasota County; Community Care Court, CTC, Drug Court, Veteran's Court & Independent Living — Manatee County
Community Care/Comprehensive Treatment/Drug/Veterans/Early Childhood Court. PROBLEM-SOLVING COURTS: Division P Administrative Judge per AO 2026-05.4. Presides over Comprehensive Treatment Court, Drug/Opioid/Veteran's Court, DUI Court and Health Care Court (Sarasota County); Community Care Court, CTC Manatee, Drug Court, Veteran's Court and Early Childhood Court (Manatee County). All problem-solving courts are assigned to Division P.
Verified 2026-08-02: this circuit publishes NO judge portraits. The 1st's Sanity CMS judge documents carry no image field at all (38 checked via the content API), and the 12th's Judges page serves only a logo, an email-signature graphic and an Adobe button. The missing photo is 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 Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
● LiveThat court's published bench (15): Andrea Teves Smith, Anthony K. Black, Craig C. Villanti, Daniel H. Sleet, Edward C. LaRose, J. Andrew Atkinson, John Guard, Matthew C. Lucas, Morris Silberman, Nelly Khouzam, Patricia J. Kelly, Robert Morris, Stevan T. Northcutt, Susan H. Rothstein-Youakim
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 105 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 5, 2018–July 8, 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 105 are counted in the outcome census above.
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DUI Court & Health Care Court — Sarasota County; Community Care Court, CTC, Drug Court, Veteran's Court & Independent Living — Manatee Countycurrent
date not recorded — present
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
MELVIN CRAFT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KYLE CURTIS VICKERS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LATARIOUS HARVEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DRUMMOND, DRUMMOND v. DAVIS
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
OREST RADIONOVICH TYRAK AND ARSEN RADIONOVICH TYRAK vs ASHLEY GARCIA AND DAVID GARCIA DIAZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
CECIL DAUGHTREY, JR. AND PATRICIA A. DAUGHTREY vs 72 PARTNERS, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CENTURY - NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. vs JACOB D. FRANTZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DAVID GOESEL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
BRIDGET JACKMAN AND KEIRON JACKMAN vs CATHERINE CEBRINK - SWARTZ AND RICHARD SWARTZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Fontanot, LLC v. BHB Restaurant Concepts, Inc., Brawn Osorio, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GLENN RENWICK AND DEBORAH RENWICK VS MURRAY HOMES LLC, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SCHULTZ BUILDERS & POOLS, INC. VS ICON WELDING & FABRICATION, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
The Bank Of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank Of New York, As Trustee, Certificateholders Of CWABS v. Fedd
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DOUGLAS DECKER PLATTNER, ET AL vs GLORIA M. STOGSDILL, AS TRUSTEE OF THE WILLIAM J. STOGSDILL TRUST U/A/D AUGUST 13, 2000
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Dessberg v. Lakewood Ranch Realty Group, LLC, d/b/a Keller Williams Realty Select
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY D/B/A MILLS GILBANE vs SARASOTA COUNTY
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Everman, Everman v. Sarasota County Public Hospital District, d/b/a Sarasota Memorial Hospital, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
GULF COAST AUTO BROKERS, INC. VS FULL SPECTRUM AUTO FINANCE, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALEX HERNANDO GOMEZ vs SEAN MILLMAN AND BROWARD COUNTY BAIL BONDS
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CITY OF SARASOTA vs ADRIAN E. LANGFORD, IV, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES WILLIAM GAMBREL AND TUTTLE 5040, LLC vs NICOLE M. SAMPSON
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
MARIAN WALCZAK AND BOZENA WALCZAK vs STANLEY A. GOLDSMITH
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARLOW v. SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
OREST RADIONOVICH TYRAK AND ARSEN RADIONOVICH TYRAK vs ASHLEY GARCIA AND DAVID GARCIA DIAZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
SARASOTA COUNTY vs GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RIGOLLET v. SABA, LE MACRON, LLC, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JOSEPH D. GILBERTI, JR., PE vs 72 PARTNERS, L L C, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Giehl v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anderson v. Brodsky
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gilberti v. 72 Partners, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RALPH MARKLIN FORTE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
K. E. HADLEY, ROSS HADLEY AND ELIZABETH LEONARD HADLEY vs TIMOTHY RAY DOWLING
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LASSEN v. DOLPHIN TOWER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Christian-Hart v. Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TANIA CRUZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CASSELL v. LAWYERS' FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARLOW v. SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
TASO M. MILONAS, ESQ. VS HELEN MILONAS BENNETT-READER, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bassett v. Morine
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
FARAH v. OLIPHANT FINANCIAL CORP.
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SCHULTZ BUILDERS & POOLS, INC. VS ICON WELDING & FABRICATION, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
S. S., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARENT AND NATURAL GUARDIAN OF H. H., A MINOR vs THE SCHOOL BOARD OF SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Rigollet v. Le Macaron Development, LLC, et al.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SARASOTA WINDS NORTH II, INC. v. MHC WINDS OF ST. ARMANDS NORTH, LLC, BOBO, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BJH HOSPITALITY, INC., D/B/A EHS HOSPITALITY vs ERNEST SCALZI, III
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARIAN WALCZAK AND BOZENA WALCZAK vs STANLEY A. GOLDSMITH, ESQ.
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DARIAN KEITH DAVIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATTHEW ERIN CRAFT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ESTATE OF WILLIAM LOHMAR, BY LINDA L. LOHMAR, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE vs NIC 4 SUNSET LAKE LEASING, LLC, ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CALVIN DELEON TURNER, III vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
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