Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Trial Court Certification of Need for Additional Judges
November 24, 2021329 So. 3d 733
Summary
The Court certified the need for one additional county court judgeship in Lake County for fiscal year 2022/2023 and certified no additional circuit court judgeships. Applying its objective weighted-caseload methodology together with qualitative and operational considerations, the Court declined to decertify any existing trial court judgeships because of pandemic-related workload, jurisdictional changes, and uncertainty in projecting future demand.