
Judges of the 2nd Judicial Circuit
Below you will find the current Judges of the 2nd Judicial Circuit

Current Circuit Judges

Judge Frank Allman
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Kelly Porritt

Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper
Appointed / Elected: November 3, 2020
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Ryan Randolph

Judge Dawn Caloca-Johnson
Appointed / Elected: April 2009
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Laura Ogden

Judge Kevin J. Carroll
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Lisa Gaston

Judge John C. Cooper
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Jessica Underwood

Judge Angela Dempsey
Appointed / Elected: November 14, 2005
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Holly Hooper

Judge Stephen Everett
Appointed / Elected: County judge from 2016-2019. Appointed to circuit in 2019
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Lynn Underwood

Judge Ronald Flury
Appointed / Elected: January 2007
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County: Gadsden
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Judicial Assistant: Linda Willis

Judge David Frank
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Gadsden
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Judicial Assistant: Tracy Douglas

Judge Joshua Hawkes
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Robyn Fricchione

Judge Barbara K. Hobbs
Appointed / Elected: November 6, 2012
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Judy Ware

Judge J. Lee Marsh
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Marci Goodwin

Judge Anthony Miller
Appointed / Elected: June 4, 2019
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Francine Brown

Chief Judge Jonathan Sjostrom
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Leon / Franklin
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Judicial Assistant: Lorraine Gauss

Judge J. Layne Smith
Appointed / Elected: March 2015
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County: Wakulla
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Judicial Assistant: Deanna Gravius

Judge Robert R. Wheeler
Appointed / Elected: May 2010
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Kerri Owens
Current County Judges

Judge Augustus D. Aikens, Jr
Appointed / Elected: January 1998
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Debra Hargrave

Judge Nina Ashenafi-Richardson
Appointed / Elected: January 2009
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Blanca Delgado-Chavez

Judge Kathy L. Garner
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Gadsden
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Judicial Assistant: Michauna Pugh

Judge Kenneth L. Hosford
Appointed / Elected: 1997
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County: Liberty
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Judicial Assistant: Jessica Branch

Judge Jason L. Jones
Appointed / Elected: June 24, 2020
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Beth Rissinger

Judge Stefanie M. Newlin
Appointed / Elected: September 23, 2020
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Christy Campbell

Judge Robert R. Plaines
Appointed / Elected:
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County: Jefferson
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Judicial Assistant: Carole Donovan

Judge Monique Richardson
Appointed / Elected: January 2019
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County: Leon
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Judicial Assistant: Adrian Carroll

Judge J. Gordon Shuler
Appointed / Elected: 2019
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County: Franklin
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Judicial Assistant: Teresa Evans

Judge Brian Miller
Appointed / Elected: November 2022
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County: Wakulla
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Judicial Assistant: Brenda Villiard