Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Certification of Need for Additional Judges
November 26, 2025423 So. 3d 838
Summary
The Court certified the need for 25 additional trial-court judgeships for fiscal year 2026-27—13 circuit judgeships and 12 county judgeships—based on weighted caseload data and secondary factors affecting judicial administration. It declined to certify any reduction in trial-court judgeships and found no need for additional district-court judgeships. The Court used an incremental approach that accounted for fiscal conditions, operational effects, workload data, and local circumstances.