Tom Young
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Tom Young across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Juvenile Dependency — Division C/41 (Osceola)
Judicial Assignment: 2025-2026 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Juvenile Dependency; 2023-2024 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Civil; 2021-2022 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Criminal; 2019-2020 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal — Education: Juris Doctor: Texas Tech University; Bachelor of Science: McMurry College — Professional Activities: Member, The Florida Bar (2003-present); Appellate Court Rules Committee 2006-2012; Professional Ethics Committee 2012-2018; Board of Editors, Florida Bar Journal/News 2004-2006; Member, Orange County Bar Association 2003-present; Chair, Appellate Practice Committee 2012-2013; Kansas Bar Association; Member 1990-2005; Chair, Annual Meeting Committee 2000-2001; Member 2010-2018; Member, Wichita Bar Association 1990-2005; Member, State Bar of New Mexico 2006-present; Member, Ford-Gray Counties Bar Association 1997-2002; President 1998
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Published forms & procedures: Adoption Checklist (Fillable); Ninth Judicial Circuit Courtroom Decorum Policy; A Judge's Perspective: Top Mistakes Attorneys Make in Civil Practice (The Hon. John E. Jordan); Guidelines and Procedures
Verified against Judge Tom Young's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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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://ninthcircuit.org/judges/circuit/tom-young), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 4 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 545 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 89 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 25, 2019–April 28, 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 89 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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MICHAEL MCGHEE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RYAN GABRIEL VALDES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON EDWARD RAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CLIFFORD MURRAY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEAN L. TOUZE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEREK N. OLIVER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JHON DAVID ESCOBAR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL HERNANDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BERNIER GERARD JACKSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DERRICK WILKERSON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSEPH D. HOWARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AMADOR MALDONADO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RODNEY ERIC TIPPENS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHAWN MICHAEL SIMMERER and CHARLEE MCPHERSON VS RICHARD R. ZAZISKI
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RICHARD ALVIN KIRSHMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REGINALD GREENWICH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEUMAS RAFAEL MORAZA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PATRICK COLLINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TIMOTHY MERCER VS SADDLE CREEK TRANSPORTATION, INC. AND CARMEN RIVERA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
KIONE WILLIAM WHITE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SCOTT E. BRADFIELD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BERNARDINO DEJESUS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JORGE RAMOS-NIEVES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SCOTTY BERNARD THOMAS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSHUA MATTHEW BOYD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON SILVESTRE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LUC TERMITUS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JARVIS R. HARMON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SUGEY MARIE PEREZ DIAZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALEX RODRIGUEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TOMMY HALL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SAMUEL BUTLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JONATHAN CURTIS TUCKER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSE A. COLON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALONZO MARQUISE HEARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
JULIO MARRERO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TONY MACK JONES, A/K/A MARLON HEREFORD, A/K/A MARLON KILPATRICK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALONZO MARQUISE HEARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL RESENDIZ SANCHEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEFFREY ALAN DUNCAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY REED vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL S. JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LUIS ANGEL PAGAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERMAINE LITTLE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
QUINTIN LAMAR WALKER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN N.M. BRYANT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CALVIN JOHNSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA and RICKY D. DIXON, Secretary, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHARLES AJOLOKO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BILLY R. BRUCE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHAWN MICHAEL SIMMERER and CHARLEE MCPHERSON v. RICHARD R. ZAZISKI
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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