Circuit Judge · Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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910 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Steven J. Levin across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Sits in Martin and St. Lucie
Also: Appellate; Civil
On this assignment since January 12, 2026
Sits in Martin and St. Lucie · Appellate; Civil
Sits in Martin and St. Lucie. · PROFILE (live circuit19.org, verified 2026-07-24): Subject areas — Appellate; Civil. Courthouse: St. Lucie County Courthouse – Main. Courtroom UNVERIFIED (not stated on the rendered profile or a current judge-specific procedure; courtroom REST index checked). Judicial assistant: Kim Bona. Phone (772) 462-1469. Fax (772) 462-2546. 3 judge-specific procedure/form PDF(s) in BenchPath custody. Assignments controlled by Amended AO 2026-03 (Judicial Assignments for 2026, eff. Jan 12 2026, signed Chief Judge Charles A. Schwab).
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).
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1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 910 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 215 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 22, 2005–July 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 215 are counted in the outcome census above.
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last checked September 3, 2026
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jabarie Junior Orelien vs State Of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RONNIE CANDELARIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JACQUELIN JASMIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ST. LUCIE SETTLEMENT, INC. vs JOSHUA J. ROBBERTS and MARIA CHEN-ROBBERTS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Scott Johnson v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Tevorace Andrew Lesane v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Zhantevez Tra'JA Jackson v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lester A. Ruiz *W* and Jacqueline Gonzalez *W* v. CitiMortgage, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JASON MAURICE LISMORE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HOBE-ST. LUCIE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT vs MARTIN COUNTY, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
TRAYMONTE SNIPES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Mark Mills v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Timothy B. Hasbrouck v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Anthony Green v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CATHERINE SOLDATICH vs GREGORY JONES o/b/o RAYMOND JOHN JONES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
June Kelly v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Raymond Lillard, III v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
DAVID MURDOCK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Darrell Todd McCrae v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
TERRELL EUGENE TUMBLIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jonliscia Howard v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTONIO DEMOND SINGLETON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ARNE LANGSETMO vs KRISTEN MARIE METZA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Nicole Giordano v. Matthew Konig, et al.,
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENNETH GEORGE LESENE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KYLES MCKEEVER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Travis E. Murphy and Sharon L. Murphy v. New England Life Insurance Company and Jimmy Cross
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bertrand Laidler v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Arkevius Rasharad Malone v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cristian Pozos v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM and DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES vs E.H., the MOTHER
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Micole Atiya Jefferson v State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ROMAN WHITE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEPHEN BILLINGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JON HAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHEKINGSON SINCLAIR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY GUTIERREZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Derrick Dewayne Miller v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LUKE BOWEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.M., THE FATHER vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CUONG VAN NGUYEN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kevin Douglas Ray v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Faith Schmidt v. Allison Lending LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Kenya Richardson v. Shareka Richardson
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Ricci Lorenzo Mobley v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Raymond Lillard, III v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JUSTIN CUTHRELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Martin County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Daniel E. Kowallek v. Pioneer Screen Company Inc II
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KENNETH POLLARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · St. Lucie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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