William Wallace
County Judge · Okeechobee County Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
County Judge · Okeechobee County Court
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910 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge William Wallace across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Distinct from 4th Circuit Judge Waddell Wallace
Also: Appellate; Civil; Criminal; Juvenile; Traffic
On this assignment since January 12, 2026
Distinct from 4th Circuit Judge Waddell Wallace · Appellate; Civil; Criminal; Juvenile; Traffic
Distinct from 4th Circuit Judge Waddell Wallace. · PROFILE (live circuit19.org, verified 2026-07-24): Subject areas — Appellate; Civil; Criminal; Juvenile; Traffic. Courthouse: Okeechobee County Judicial Center. Courtroom UNVERIFIED (not stated on the rendered profile or a current judge-specific procedure; courtroom REST index checked). Judicial assistant: Karen Harris. Phone (863) 763-3193. Fax (863) 763-7260. 1 judge-specific procedure/form PDF(s) in BenchPath custody. Assignments controlled by Amended AO 2026-03 (Judicial Assignments for 2026, eff. Jan 12 2026, signed Chief Judge Charles A. Schwab).
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 Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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7 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 910 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 9 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 1, 2023–July 8, 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.
Matthew Abernathy v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
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Michael Stires v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
BOBBY KEMP VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
John Dronenberg and Sheila A. Bell, et al. v. Life-Zachary Taylor, LLC d/b/a Zachary Taylor RV Resort
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Janine Vazquez v. Pharus Funding LLC, et al
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Travis J. Stuart v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ashley Nicole Casselton v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SCOTT ALEXANDER JOHNSTONE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Lisa Goodroe v. Mark Tenniswood
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Okeechobee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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