Timothy McCourt
Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Timothy McCourt across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Marion County
Judge McCourt is a past-President of the Marion County Bar Association and the D.R. Smith American Inn of Court. He previously served as Chair of the Florida Bar’s Grievance Committee for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, as a member of the Florida Bar’s Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, and as a lawyer member of the Bench-Bar Committee of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Until his appointment to the judiciary, he served on the Board of Directors of Heart of Florida Health Center, Inc., a non-profit health center with locations in Marion and Sumter Counties. From 2015 to 2021, he was the Volunteer Judge for Marion County’s Juvenile Drug Court Program and from 2008 to 2020, he volunteered with the Fifth Judicial Circuit’s Teen Court programs in Lake, Marion, and Sumter Counties.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 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 26 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 29, 2025–July 21, 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.
Amber E. Wright v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
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Gerald Ray Hoffman v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Antonio Lyons v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
George Robert Fout v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Roger D. LeBlanc v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Timothy B. Cookston v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jihad Kiran Elvy v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Paul James Duska v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gregory Simpson v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Marcus Donnelle White, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Erving Charles Carr v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Annabelle R. LaGiglia v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Duc Gia Lam v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Amy Lynn Ramirez v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Johnarian Turner v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brandon Jones v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Akim Eugene v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Erin Elizabeth Minnick v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Oscar Gomez Guerra v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Daniel James Carroll v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Marquis Luis Rosado v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James Vernon Hughes v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Antonio Rache Walton v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dustin Joseph Pierce v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Fredrick Leon Fraziars v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ryan Gemelle Poole v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Marion County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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