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William S. Orth
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge William S. Orth across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Juvenile/Probate/Mental Health/Guardianship — Seminole County
Education: University of Cincinnati, B.A., 1995 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society; Case Western Reserve University, J.D., 1998 Editor of Journal of International Law; Judicial History; Appointed Circuit Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, September 2021; Criminal Felony Division, October 2021-July 2024; Juvenile Delinquency/Juvenile Dependency/Probate/Guardianship/Mental Health July 2024-present; Mental Health Diversion Court and Veterans Treatment Court August 2025 – present; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; Member of CivMil - Brevard County 2022-present; Member of Brevard County Bar Association 2021-present; Volunteer Child Protection Team Attorney at Kids House of Seminole, Inc. 2010-2021; Seminole County Community Leaders and Elected Officials of Seminole County (CLEO) 2014-present; Member of Private Business Association of Seminole. 2018-present; Seminole Inn of Court 2013-present. President from July 1, 2015 – July 1, 2016
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Seminole Juvenile Justice Center, Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Division B Judge Orth's Juvenile Policies and Procedures
Verified against Judge William S. Orth's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division B — Juvenile/Probate/Mental Health/Guardianship (controlling: AO 26-28-S eff. 2026-07-01)
Seminole Criminal Justice Center, Sanford
Juvenile hearings at JJC per procedure doc
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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/william-s-orth-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 48 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 15, 2022–July 9, 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.
DANIEL LEE WHITE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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Anthony Wayne Walker v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LILBURTIE JAY WILLIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Keith Pernell Williams v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL S. LANCE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pedro Melendez v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GAMBA HABIB POTTER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RYAN EDWARD SULLIVAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RYAN EDWARD SULLIVAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GERARD WILLIAM DELELLIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALEJANDRO PEREZ AJANEL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICARDO POMBO-FOSTER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FREDDY ALEXANDER HORMAZABAL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRANDON DEVIN BOYKINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GERMAN GONZALEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ralph Hardy v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GARY DWAIN ST. AUBYN CAMPBELL VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert Anthony Zaccaro v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MOHSEN JAVAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THOMAS MICHAEL MARINO, II VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Alan Dixon v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANGELO BOSTON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TALTON ANTUAN POSLEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
E.G.H., A Child v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ricardo Villarroel-Duerto v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nestor William Figueroa Medina v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Walter Day v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Calvin W. Thomas v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Earl Casperson Meggison v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kevin Durandt Benjamin v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Mariah Ashley Francis v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Herbert L. Hall v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Anthony Antonio Roberson v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES VS JAMALAH LEWIS AND STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
THOMAS R. ROEBUCK VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bruce W. Dalton v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lindor Celius v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kevin Durandt Benjamin v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTHONY LAMAR BARNES VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PEDRO MELENDEZ, III VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
T.T., Father of K.T., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anthony Antonio Roberson v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael S. Lance v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Anderson Casseus v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOSE DOLORES NIEVES, JR. VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
L.F., Mother of C.A., S.A., and K.T., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Angelo Boston v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Desha Ione Beauty v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
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