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In the Circuit and County Courts of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit
of Florida in and for Manatee, Sarasota and DeSoto Counties

Administrative Order 2022–09.4

(amends 2022–03.4)

Second Amended Judicial Assignments 2022

Due to the retirement of Judge Kimberly C. Bonner, the following judicial assignments are effective September 6, 2022.

Position	Assigned Judge
Chief Judge	Honorable Charles E. Roberts
Acting Chief Judge (in absence of Chief Judge)	Honorable Diana L. Moreland
DeSoto County Administrative Judge	Honorable Don T. Hall
Manatee County Administrative Judge	Honorable Diana L. Moreland
Sarasota County Administrative Judge	Honorable Charles E. Williams
Sarasota South County Administrative Judge	Honorable Hunter W. Carroll

Circuit Court Administrative Judges

Civil Division

Honorable Stephen Walker (Sarasota County)
Honorable Charles Sniffen (Manatee County)

Unified Family Court

(DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties - has operational authority to implement UFC policy and procedures circuit-wide)

Honorable Teresa K. Dees

Family Division

Honorable Maria Ruhl (Sarasota County)
Honorable Teresa K. Dees (Manatee County)

Hague Convention Cases

Honorable Diana L. Moreland (Manatee and DeSoto Counties)
Honorable Donna Padar (Sarasota County)

Criminal Division

Honorable Donna Padar (Sarasota County)
Honorable Frederick P. Mercurio (Manatee County)

Probate/Guardianship Division

Honorable Charles E. Williams (Sarasota County)
Honorable Diana L. Moreland (Manatee County)

Circuit Civil – Manatee & Sarasota Counties

Division	Location	Assigned Judge
Civil Division B	Manatee County	Honorable Charles Sniffen
Civil Division D	Manatee County	Honorable Edward Nicholas
Civil Division A	Sarasota County	Honorable Stephen Walker
Civil Division C	Sarasota County	Honorable Kevin Bruning
Civil Division H	South Sarasota County	Honorable Hunter W. Carroll
Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Offenders (Jimmy Ryce Act)	*in DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties	Honorable Charles E. Roberts

Circuit Criminal – Manatee & Sarasota Counties

Division	Location	Assigned Judge
Felony Division I	Manatee County	Honorable Matt Whyte
Felony Division III	Manatee County	Honorable Frederick P. Mercurio
Felony Division V	Manatee County	Honorable Lon S. Arend
Felony Division II	Sarasota County	Honorable Donna Padar
Felony Division IV	Sarasota County	Honorable Rochelle T. Curley
Felony Division VI	Sarasota County	Honorable Thomas W. Krug
Felony VOP Court	Sarasota County	Honorable Charles E. Roberts

Unified Family Court – Manatee & Sarasota Counties

Family Division – Manatee & Sarasota Counties

Division	Location	Assigned Judge
Family Division 3	Manatee County	Honorable Danielle Brewer
Family Division 4	Manatee County	Honorable Teresa K. Dees
Family Division 1	Sarasota County	Honorable Dana Moss, Acting Circuit Judge pending the appointment of a new circuit judge
Family Division 2	Sarasota County	Honorable Maria Ruhl
Family Division H	South Sarasota County	Honorable Hunter W. Carroll

Juvenile Division – Manatee & Sarasota Counties

Division	Location	Assigned Judge
Division J	Manatee County	Honorable Gilbert A. Smith, Jr.
Division K	Manatee County	Honorable Susan B. Maulucci
Sarasota Division	Sarasota County	Honorable Andrea McHugh

Probate & Guardianship Division – Manatee & Sarasota Counties

County	Assigned Judge
Manatee County	Honorable Diana L. Moreland
Sarasota County	Honorable Charles E. Williams
South Sarasota County – Division H	Honorable Charles E. Williams

Circuit Court – DeSoto County

Court	Assigned Judge
All Circuit Civil, Unified Family, Circuit Criminal, Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency, Probate and Guardianship	Honorable Don T. Hall

Problem-Solving Courts – Division P

Court	County	Assigned Judge
Division P	All Counties	Honorable Charles E. Roberts
Drug Court, Veteran’s Court	Manatee County	Honorable Charles E. Roberts
Drug /Opioid/ Veteran’s Court	Sarasota County	Honorable Charles E. Roberts
Comprehensive Treatment Court	Sarasota County	Honorable Charles E. Roberts
Health Care Court	Sarasota County	Honorable Charles E. Roberts

All problem-solving courts are assigned to Division P. The specific problem-solving courts listed below will be presided over in 2022 by a judge other than the Division P Judge.

Court	County	Assigned Judge
DeSoto Case Mgmt. Court	DeSoto County	Honorable Danielle Brewer
CTC – Manatee	Manatee County	Honorable Heather Doyle
Early Childhood Court	Manatee County	Honorable Teresa K. Dees
TYLA Court	Manatee County	Honorable Heather Doyle
Community Care Court	Sarasota County	Honorable David L. Denkin
DUI Court	Sarasota County	Honorable David L. Denkin
Early Childhood Court	Sarasota County	Honorable Andrea McHugh
TYLA Court	Sarasota County	Honorable Erika N. Quartermaine

County Court Administrative Judges

County	Assigned Judge
DeSoto County	Honorable TBD
Manatee County	Honorable Renee L. Inman
Sarasota County	Honorable Erika N. Quartermaine

Manatee County Court

Court	Assigned Judge
Criminal/Civil Division 1	Honorable Renee L. Inman
Criminal/Civil Division 2	Honorable Jacqueline B. Steele
Criminal/Civil Division 3	Honorable Heather Doyle
Criminal/Civil Division 4	Honorable Melissa Gould

Sarasota County Court

Court	Assigned Judge
South County Division	Honorable Phyllis R. Galen
Criminal/Civil Division A	Honorable Erika N. Quartermaine
Criminal/Civil Division B	Honorable Maryann Boehm
Civil Divisions C and D	Honorable Dana Moss
Criminal Divisions C and D	Honorable David Denkin

General Magistrates/Hearing Officers

Deborah A. Bailey
David P. Caskey
Mary Ann Floyd
Laura M. Hale
Paul Hudson
Rebecca L. Hunt
Matthew K. Peters
Edward C. Wilson

Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officers

Mary Ann Floyd
Laura M. Hale

Truancy Court General Magistrate

Linda Lorrier

Civil Traffic Infractions Hearing Officer

Matthew K. Peters

Done and Ordered this 2^nd day of September, 2022.

Charles E. Roberts, Chief Judge
Twelfth Judicial Circuit State Of Florida

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