Trent Reichling
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified September 14, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
What applies in this courtroom
443 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 3 published by Judge Trent Reichling · 5 county-wide · 425 circuit-wide · 10 statewide — with 6 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Judge Reichling is a proud third-generation Floridian who was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 7, 2025 to serve as a Circuit Judge in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.
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Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Published forms & procedures: Judge Reichling's Requirements and Procedures; Judge Reichling's JACS Procedures; Pro Se Procedures; Order of Referral to Magistrate; Article regarding Emergency Motions; Administrative Order No 2.40
Verified against Judge Trent Reichling's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Lee Domestic Relations N 20%
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 Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Carrie Ann Wozniak, Dan Traver, Jared E. Smith, John K. Stargel, Joshua A. Mize, Joshua E. Pratt, Keith F. White, Mary Alice Nardella, Paetra T. Brownlee, Rachel B. Kamoutsas, Roger K. Gannam
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Judge Reichling is a proud third-generation Floridian who was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 7, 2025 to serve as a Circuit Judge in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.
The court's page · checked October 2, 2026
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=reichling), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 6 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 443 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
Judge-specific practice preferences and procedures for the 20th Judicial Circuit; verbatim key requirements with hashed source documents.
3 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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last checked October 24, 2026
last checked October 24, 2026
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