2021
Judicial Assignment
2020-2021 Associate Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic Relations
2019 Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic Relations
2017-2018 Associate Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic Relations
2012-2016 Circuit Judge, Orange County Civil (Business Court)
2010-2011 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal
2011 Associate Administrative Judge, Circuit Criminal
2006-2009 Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic
2003-2005 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic
2003 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal
2002 Administrative Circuit Judge, Domestic
2001 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic
1999-2000 Circuit Judge, Orange County Civil
1997-1999 Administrative Circuit Judge, Civil
1991-1996 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal
Education
Juris Doctor: University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science: Furman University
Professional Activities
George C. Young American Inn of Court
- Trustee 2012 – present
- President 1995-1997
Central Florida Family Law Inn of Court
- Executive Board 2005 – 2011
- President 2005
Adjunct Faculty, Barry University School of Law 2008 – present
Faculty, New Judges’ College 2010 – present
Co-Chair, Orange County Domestic Violence Commission 2012 - present
Chair, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges 2008-2009
Supreme Court Judicial Branch Governance Study Group 2009 – 2012
Chair, Supreme Court Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability 1999 – 2009
Judicial Management Council Committee on District Court of Appeal Performance and Accountability 1998 – 2001
State Courts’ Civil Litigation Task Force 1998
Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers
- Treasurer 1982 - 1983
Awards and Honors
Women Business & Commercial Advocates Award - American Bar Association, 2018
Judicial Excellence Award - Florida Supreme Court, 2018
Champion of Justice - Harbor House, 2018
James G. Glazebrook Professionalism and Service Award - The George C. Young American Inn of Court, 2016
Multimedia
Open Ninth
- Episode 56 - A Labor Day Special: Before They Were Judges - September 3, 2018
- Episode 21 - Women in Robes - April 24, 2017
9th Now
- Brown Bag Luncheon: Ethics Panel - November 18, 2019
- Brown Bag Luncheon: Paternity & Child Support Issues - May 13, 2019
Other Information
Temporary Supplemental Procedures for Orange County Domestic Relations Division 46
Domestic Relations Division Information - Impact of COVID-19
Instructions and Procedure for Telephone Conference Hearings Domestic Relations Orange County 3/18/2020
Instructions for Final Judgments of Dissolution of Marriage Via Electronic Submission
Required Check List for Entry of Final Judgment Without Personal Appearance
Procedures for use of Division 46 E-mail and Proposed Orders Submitted via Division 46 E-mail
File Your Documents Online - Instructions