Gov. Ron DeSantis (Republican), 2025

• Circuit Judge, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit · 2019–2025
• Administrative and Presiding Judge, Gun Club Criminal Justice Complex · 2013–2018
• Presiding Judge, Adult Drug Court, Gun Club Criminal Justice Complex · 2013–2018
• Chair, Palm Beach County Canvassing Board · 2012–2013
• County Judge, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit · 2009–2019
• Office of the State Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County · 2003–2009
• Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia · 2000–2002
• Office of the State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami · 1997–2000

• Johnson v. Rollins (opens in a new tab)

  Oct 7, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a new parenting trial after the hearing went ahead without the mother or her lawyer.

• Valiente v. Romero (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 23, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a divorced couple's home-sale proceeds divided equally under their settlement agreement.

• Rost v. Textor (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 16, 2026 · Reversed

  Reversed dismissal of an investor's claims that misrepresentations induced his stock purchase.

• Judge Caroline Shepherd, Fourth District Court of Appeal (court bio) (opens in a new tab)
•  · Governor appoints nine judges in July (The Florida Bar News, July 30, 2025) (opens in a new tab)

Gov. Ron DeSantis (Republican), 2025

• Circuit Judge, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit · 2019–2025
• Administrative and Presiding Judge, Gun Club Criminal Justice Complex · 2013–2018
• Presiding Judge, Adult Drug Court, Gun Club Criminal Justice Complex · 2013–2018
• Chair, Palm Beach County Canvassing Board · 2012–2013
• County Judge, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit · 2009–2019
• Office of the State Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County · 2003–2009
• Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia · 2000–2002
• Office of the State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami · 1997–2000

• Johnson v. Rollins (opens in a new tab)

  Oct 7, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a new parenting trial after the hearing went ahead without the mother or her lawyer.

• Valiente v. Romero (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 23, 2026 · Reversed

  Ordered a divorced couple's home-sale proceeds divided equally under their settlement agreement.

• Rost v. Textor (opens in a new tab)

  Sep 16, 2026 · Reversed

  Reversed dismissal of an investor's claims that misrepresentations induced his stock purchase.

• Judge Caroline Shepherd, Fourth District Court of Appeal (court bio) (opens in a new tab)
•  · Governor appoints nine judges in July (The Florida Bar News, July 30, 2025) (opens in a new tab)