Florida State Courts System

The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term.

[2] Established upon statehood in 1845, the court is headquartered across the street from the state capitol in Tallahassee.

Throughout the court's history, it has undergone many reorganizations as Florida's population has steadily grown.

Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, Palm Beach and Hillsborough are the only counties which are coterminous with their respective judicial circuits.

In the rest of the state, a single judicial circuit encompasses multiple counties within its jurisdiction.

[10][11] Judge Roche, along with Florida Judge John E. Jordan[12] (Ninth Judicial Circuit), have served as Business Court Representatives to the American Bar Association's Business Law Section.

[15] In early 2020, on the precipice of the COVID pandemic, the task force recommended a proposed statewide business court.

The Florida State Courts operate under a statewide communications plan administered through the Public Information Office of the Florida Supreme Court and implemented by the statewide professional association of Florida Court Public Information Officers, Inc. All new judges are required to complete this curriculum during their first year of service after selection to the bench.

The program is taught by the state’s most experienced appellate and trial court judges.

Florida's parole system was abolished for crimes committed after October 1, 1983.