Gov. Rick Scott (Republican), 2013

• Chief Judge, Fourth District Court of Appeal · 2022–2025
• Circuit Judge, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit · 2011–2013
• Mayor, Town of Sewall's Point · 2010–2011
• Vice-Mayor, Town of Sewall's Point · 2009–2010
• Commissioner, Town of Sewall's Point · 2008–2009
• Shareholder, Sonneborn Rutter Cooney & Klingensmith PA · 1992–2011
• Junior Partner, Metzger Sonneborn & Rutter PA · 1990–1992
• Associate, Metzger & Sonneborn PA · 1986–1990

• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC v. Bedeschi America, Inc. (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 30, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a hearing to settle disputed facts on a Florida court's power over a malpractice suit.

• Built Green Corp. v. Environ Condominium II, Association, Inc. (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 23, 2026 · Reversed in part

  Reversed a money award to a condo association that it never requested in any pleading.

• Grumberg v. Thompson-Kow (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 23, 2026 · Affirmed

  Upheld a child support order, finding it was calculated using the incomes both parents agreed to.

• Judge Mark W. Klingensmith, Fourth District Court of Appeal (court bio) (opens in a new tab)
•  · Governor Scott Appoints Mark W. Klingensmith to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court (Executive Office of the Governor, June 17, 2011; archived) (opens in a new tab)

Gov. Rick Scott (Republican), 2013

• Chief Judge, Fourth District Court of Appeal · 2022–2025
• Circuit Judge, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit · 2011–2013
• Mayor, Town of Sewall's Point · 2010–2011
• Vice-Mayor, Town of Sewall's Point · 2009–2010
• Commissioner, Town of Sewall's Point · 2008–2009
• Shareholder, Sonneborn Rutter Cooney & Klingensmith PA · 1992–2011
• Junior Partner, Metzger Sonneborn & Rutter PA · 1990–1992
• Associate, Metzger & Sonneborn PA · 1986–1990

• Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC v. Bedeschi America, Inc. (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 30, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a hearing to settle disputed facts on a Florida court's power over a malpractice suit.

• Built Green Corp. v. Environ Condominium II, Association, Inc. (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 23, 2026 · Reversed in part

  Reversed a money award to a condo association that it never requested in any pleading.

• Grumberg v. Thompson-Kow (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 23, 2026 · Affirmed

  Upheld a child support order, finding it was calculated using the incomes both parents agreed to.

• Judge Mark W. Klingensmith, Fourth District Court of Appeal (court bio) (opens in a new tab)
•  · Governor Scott Appoints Mark W. Klingensmith to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court (Executive Office of the Governor, June 17, 2011; archived) (opens in a new tab)