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Tiffany Baker-Carper
Circuit Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
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303 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Leon Family Division J; 45% of family cases
On this assignment since July 1, 2026
The Honorable Tiffany Baker-Carper was elected circuit judge on November 3, 2020, becoming the youngest woman and African American to be elected judge in the Second Judicial Circuit. Since being elected, she has served in the Juvenile Delinquency, Family Law, Probate and Guardianship divisions. She now serves in the Criminal Felony Division in Leon County.
Judge Baker-Carper is an avid sports fan and loves to root for her alma mater, the Miami Hurricanes. While at the University of Miami, she majored in Finance and earned a minor in Chemistry. After college, she relocated to Washington, D.C., where she attended Howard University School of Law. During her time in law school, she served on the Moot Court, Huver I. Brown Trial Advocacy Team, worked in the District of Columbia Superior Courts as a Student Attorney, and clerked for Justice Rose C. Owusu, at The Supreme Court of Ghana. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Chi Upsilon Chapter, and several legal and civic organizations.
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Leon County Courthouse, 301 S Monroe St 331, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Verified against Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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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://2ndcircuit.leoncountyfl.gov/baker.php), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
6 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 303 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 31 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 10, 2021–July 29, 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.
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last checked September 4, 2026
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Howard v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brogdon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Melvin B. Thompson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Ives v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
State of Florida v. Jadarius Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. Jadarius Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Smith v. Smith
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Kilcrease v. Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
State of Florida v. Jadarius Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Holiday v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida vs T.L.S., a child
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Milton v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Davis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. Jadarius Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. Garcia
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Sheffield v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
B.H., A Child vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Warren v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. Jadarius Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rollins v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida vs M.R.A., A Child
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
State of Florida vs K. F.
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
State of Florida VS J. J.
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Lewis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida v. Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida vs M.R.A., A Child
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
State of Florida v. Jadarius Brown
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jaheim Nixon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
J.C., A Child vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Farnam v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Dixon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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