Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts

Serving the Citizens of Brevard and Seminole Counties

Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts Judicial Directory

What is Circuit Court?

Brevard and Seminole make up the Eighteenth Circuit Courts which have jurisdiction over matters not assigned to county courts.

Circuit - Trial Courts

What is a circuit?

There are 20 judicial circuits in the Florida court system. Brevard and Seminole make up the Eighteenth Circuit. Circuit courts have general trial jurisdiction over matters not assigned by statute to the county courts and also hear appeals from county court cases. Some circuits are made up of multiple counties.

What is County Court?

County courts' work involves voluminous citizen disputes, traffic court, misdemeanors, and relatively small monetary disputes.

County Trial Courts

What County Courts Do?

The Florida Constitution establishes that there is ONE county court in each of Florida’s 67 counties. The county courts are sometimes referred to as "the people's courts," probably because a large part of the courts' work involves voluminous citizen disputes, such as traffic offenses, less serious criminal matters (misdemeanors), and relatively small monetary disputes.

Magistrates & Hearing Officers

Learn more on what General Magistrates and Hearing Officers are responsible for and how they are appointed.

General Magistrates & Hearing Officers

What do they do?

General Magistrates are responsible for cases involving:

  • Temporary relief (alimony, child support, and attorneys fees and costs in family law cases)
  • Contempt of court
  • Support enforcement
  • Mental health (Baker Act)
  • Substance abuse (Marchman Act)
  • Tuberculosis and Sexually transmissible diseases
  • Incapacity
  • Guardianship (including guardian applications, background investigations and annual reports filed with the court)
  • Modification of prior rulings
  • Dependency review hearings

As part of the Guardianship Law, General Magistrates assist the Probate Court with guardian application and background checks, and plenary and limited guardianships.

Hearing Officers are appointed to hear Family Division cases dealing with family support issues. The Findings and Recommendations entered by the Hearing Officer have the same force and effect as Orders entered by a Circuit Judge.

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Listed in alphabetical order.

ATKIN, JUDY
BAKER, MICHELLE VITT
BALLOU, TESHA SCOLARO
BLAUE, SCOTT
BOOKHARDT III, SAMUEL
BROWN, THOMAS J.
BUIE, CARSANDRA D.
CHASE, MELANIE
CRAWFORD, CHARLIE
CULVER, WAYNE
DEKLEVA, JAMES
FRIEDLAND, KENNETH
GALLUZZO, JOHN D.
GARAGOZLO, BENJAMIN B.
GOERNER, DONNA M.		 GRUNOR, SYLVIA
HENDERSON, STEVE
HERR, MARK E.
INGRAM, KELLY
JACOBUS, CURT
JACOBUS, KATIE
KOENIG, DAVID C.
KRAUSE, DEBRA
MALONEY, NANCY
MCKIBBEN, KELLY J.
MUSSELMAN, KIMBERLY
NABERHAUS, MICHELLE L.
ORTH, WILLIAM S.
PATEL-DOOKHOO, JIGISA
PAULK, GEORGE T.		 PEACOCK, AARON J.
RECKSIEDLER, JESSICA
RUDISILL, MICHAEL
SEGAL, ROBERT
SERRANO, CHRISTINA
SILVERMAN, DAVID E.
SOUTO, MELISSA D.
SPEICHER, KATHRYN M.
SPRYSENSKI, CHRISTOPHER
STACY, SUSAN
STUDSTILL, MICHELLE
TAYLOR, JENNIFER
WOODARD III, JOHN L.
Judges of the Eighteenth

Judy Atkin

Division: 11 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Shannon Morgan
Office: (321) 637-5644 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center 
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Michelle Vitt Baker

Division: 1 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Lisa Walters
Office: (321) 264-6996 | Email
Location: Titusville Courthouse
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Tesha Scolaro Ballou

Division: P (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Collette Colegrove
Office: (321) 264-6756 | Email
Location: Titusville Courthouse
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Scott Blaue

Division: D (Civil)
Judicial Assistant: Jennifer Johnston
Office: (321) 617-7279 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Samuel Bookhardt III

Division: K (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Christa Conklin
Office: (321) 617-7289 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Thomas J. Brown

Division: 6 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Nancy Hickman
Office: (321) 617-7285 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Carsandra Buie

Division: R (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Lacey Billick
Office: (407) 665-4982 | Email
Location: Criminal Justice Center
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Melanie Chase

Division: A (Admin Judge/Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Jennifer Jones
Office: (407) 665-4993 | Email
Location: Seminole Criminal Justice Center
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Charles Crawford

Division: N (Chief Judge / Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Lisa Smith
Office: (321) 617-7258 | Email
Located at the Moore Justice Center, Viera, Brevard

Wayne Culver

Division: S (Civil)
Judicial Assistant: Camila Garcia
Office: (407) 665-4132 | Email
Location: Seminole Civil Courthouse 
Case Manager: (407) 665-4089 | DivisionSCM@flcourts18.org
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James Dekleva

Division: C (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Jane Damron
Office: (407) 665-4921 | Email
Location: Criminal Justice Center
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Kenneth Friedland

Division: 7 (Civil)
Judicial Assistant: Valerie Mackey
Office: (321) 264-6777 | Email
Location: Titusville Courthouse
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John D. Galluzzo

Division: P (JUV/P/MH/G)
Judicial Assistant: Stephanie Mausser
Office: (407) 665-5398 | Email
Location: Juvenile Justice Center
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Benjamin Garagozlo

Division: 8 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Kimberly Pozgar
Office: (321) 617-7266 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Donna M. Goernor

Division: M (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Dawn Allen-Stallworth
Office: (407) 665-4996 | Email
Location: Criminal Justice Center
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Sylvia Grunor

Division: F (CIVIL)
Judicial Assistant: Kim Robinson
Office: (407) 665-4092| Email
Location: Seminole Civil Courthouse 
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Steve Henderson

Division: H (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Traci Moss
Office: (321) 617-7266 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Mark E. Herr

Division: L (Civil/Family)
Judicial Assistant: Christine Hutchison
Office: (407) 665-4910 | Email
Location: Seminole Civil Courthouse 
Case Manager: (407) 665-4222 | DivisionLCM@flcourts18.org
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Kelly Ingram

Division: 2 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Mellisa Dix
Office: (321) 308-1450 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Curt Jacobus

Division: L (JUV/P/M)
Judicial Assistant: Lori Todd
Office: (321) 617-7283 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Katie Jacobus

Division: 3 (Civil)
Judicial Assistant: Sherry Tuttle
Office: (321) 617-7268 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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David C. Koenig

Division: 5 (Civil)
Judicial Assistant: Allana Edwards
Office: (321) 617-7262 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Debra Krause

Division: Z (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Christine Olson
Office: (407) 665-4905 | Email
Location: Criminal Justice Center
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Nancy Maloney

Division: B (JUV/DEL)
Judicial Assistant: Barbara Melton
Office: (321) 617-7274 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Kelly J. McKibben

Division: O (JUV/DEL)
Judicial Assistant: Amanda Avalos
Office: (321) 637-5594 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Kimberly Musselman

Division: 10 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Henrietta Frazier
Office: (321) 637-5604 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Michelle L. Naberhaus

Division: T (Civil)
Judicial Assistant: Theresa Goddard
Office: (321) 617-7270 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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William S. Orth

Division: E (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Debbie Whitehead
Office: (407) 665-4926 | Email
Location: Seminiole Criminal Justice Center
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Jigisa Patel-Dookhoo

Division: E (Family)
Judicial Assistant: Chris Trammell
Office: (321) 617-7281 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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George T. Paulk

Division: M (Civil)
Judicial Assistant: Lola Merrick
Office: (321) 264-6759 | Email
Location: Titusville Courthouse
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Aaron J. Peacock

Division: 9 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Tina Derwitsch
Office: (321) 617-7236 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Jessica J. Recksiedler

Division: J (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Vanessa Lau
Office: (407) 665-4939 | Email
Location: Criminal Justice Center
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Michael Rudisill

Division: G (Civil/Family)
Judicial Assistant: Alyssa Bashista
Office: (407) 665-4218 | Email
Location: Seminole Civil Courthouse 
Case Manager: (407) 665-4263 | DivisionGCM@flcourts18.org
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Robert Segal

Division: G (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Debbie Lansing
Office: (321) 637-5641 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Christina Serrano

Division: C (Probate and Guardianship)
Judicial Assistant: Carmen Reyes
Office: (321) 617-7256 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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David E. Silverman

Division: 4 (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Lisa Elkhouri
Office: (321) 617-7284 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Melissa D. Souto

Division: B, (JUV/P/MH/G)
Judicial Assistant: Nicole Daniels
Office: (407) 665-5342 | Email
Location: Juvenile Justice Center
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Kathryn M. Speicher

Division: X (Family)
Judicial Assistant: Lisa Baumhover
Office: (321) 617-7260 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Christopher Sprysenski

Division: K (Civil/Family)
Judicial Assistant: Amanda Joseph
Office: (407) 665-4245 | Email
Location: Seminole Civil Courthouse 
Case Manager: (407) 665-4203 | DivisionKCM@flcourts18.org
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Susan Stacy

Division: W (Civil/Family)
Judicial Assistant: Anne Brezina
Office: (407) 665-4048 | Email
Location: Seminole Civil Courthouse 
Case Manager: (407) 665-4222 | DivisionWCM@flcourts18.org
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Michelle Pruitt Studstill

Division: V (Family)
Judicial Assistant: Linda Pauken
Office: (321) 617-7272 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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Jennifer Taylor

Division: S (Family)
Judicial Assistant: Barbara Opperman
Office: (321) 617-7287 | Email
Location: Moore Justice Center
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John L. Woodard III

Division: U (Criminal)
Judicial Assistant: Jeanie Carter
Office: (407) 665-4906 | Email
Location: Criminal Justice Center
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General Magistrates & Hearing Officers

Sandra E. Valentin (B)

Assistant: Frances Bernal
Office: (321) 637-5536 | Email
Brevard: Moore Justice Center

Brian DeSanto (S)

Assistant: Kris Ebert
Office: (407) 665-5462 | Email
Seminole: Sanford Juvenile Justice Center

Kurt Erlenbach (B)

Assistant: Maureen Salamone
Office: (321) 637-5429 | Email
Brevard: Titusville Courthouse

Daniel Freyberg (B)

Assistant: Peggy McFarland
Office: (321) 637-5138 | Email
Brevard: Moore Justice Center

Edward Park (B)

Assistant: Peggy McFarland
Office: (321) 637-5138 | Email
Brevard: Moore Justice Center

Kristina Paulter (S)

Assistant: Kim Osment
Office: (407) 665-4239 | Email
Seminole: Sanford Civil Courthouse

Linda Perez (B & S)

Assistant: Lakisha Wilcox
Office: (321) 637-5138 | Email
Brevard: Melbourne Courthouse

Mary Nardi (S)

Assistant: Meagan Rodriguez
Office: (407) 665-4050 | Email
Seminole: Sanford Civil Courthouse

Stanley Silver (S)

Assistant: Meagan Rodriguez
Office: (407) 665-4050 | Email
Seminole: Sanford Civil Courthouse

Kristen Smith-Rodriguez (B)

Assistant: Karen Flash
Office: (321) 637-5305 | Email
Brevard: Moore Justice Center

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