Wayne Culver
County Judge · Seminole County Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
County Judge · Seminole County Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Wayne Culver across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Civil — Seminole County
Education: University of Central Florida, B.A., History, 1995; Suffolk University School of Law, J.D., 2000; Judicial History; Elected Seminole County Court Judge, 2020; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; Massachusetts Bar, 2001; Florida Bar, 2001; Downtown Civil Courthouse; Judge Culver Holds Court at the Downtown Civil Courthouse in; Seminole County; 301 N. Park Avenue; Sanford, FL 32771-1243; Office: (407) 665-4132; Get Directions
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Seminole Civil Courthouse, , Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Culver's - Division S - County Civil Procedures
Verified against Judge Wayne Culver's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division S — Civil (controlling: AO 26-29-S eff. 2026-07-01)
Seminole Civil Courthouse, Sanford
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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).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/wayne-culver-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 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 15 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 22, 2022–June 23, 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.
RAYMOND J. LONARDO vs MARISOL ROGERS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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JOHNNY ROMERO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Travis Wells v. Sanford Portfolio 460 DE, LLC d/b/a Stoneridge Pointe Apartments
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Joseph Nemchik v. John Zielinski, Diane Zielinski, and John Zielinski, Jr.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Shawn Nichols v. Shaun Rattigan
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nathan A. Dewey v. JDM Orlando
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Woods, II v. Cuellar, Goldelm At Regency Oaks, LLC,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
B. Rai Gupta, M.D. P.A. d/b/a Florida Center for Plastic and Hand Surgery, v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., and Department of Management Services
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
The Kidwell Group, LLC d/b/a Air Quality Assessors a/a/o John Fortner v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Richard Loiseau v. Kennedy Realty Group and Cardone Realty 401k Plan
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BENJAMIN RICHARD PARIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pekun Oyeleke v. Power Dry, LLC and Oluronke Oyeleke
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jazmyn Bradley v. Windchase Apartments, SPT WAH Windchase, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Elizabeth Sparks, Individually, and obo A.S., and C.S., Children v. Michael C. Maguire
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Helen Gilchrist v. SP GA Apartments, LLC d/b/a Georgia Arms Apartments
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
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