Qualified county court judges listed within AO in Brevard and Seminole Counties are authorized and directed to supplement and aid the circuit judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit by sitting as circuit judges in the following matters.
AO 22-16 – JUVENILE – ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCE COMPONENT MATRIX AND INCENTIVES FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS ON PROBATION, SANCTION GUIDELINES – ORDERED 4/20/2022 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER
22-14-B-AMENDED CASELOAD ASSIGNMENT – REASSIGNMENT OF CASES ASSIGNED TO JUDGE CURT JACOBUS; THE COURT HAVING DETERMINED THAT JUDGE CURT JACOBUS SHOULD NOT HEAR CASES IN WHICH ATTORNEY STEPHEN R. KOONS APPEARS – ORDERED 3/08/2022 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER
The Felony Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Brevard County consists of six divisions designated as Criminal Divisions I, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID and IIE. One of the judges serving in the Felony Criminal Division shall be appointed as Administrative Judge by the Chief Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.
Assignment of Circuit Judges to Divisions: The circuit judges assigned to the divisions of the court from November 1, 2023, until June 30, 2024, are as follows:
Division A: Melanie Chase – Criminal
Division B: Melissa Souto – Juvenile/Probate/Guardianship/Mental Health
Division E: William S. Orth – Criminal
Division G: Michael J. Rudisill – Civil/Family
Division J: Jessica Recksiedler – Criminal
Division K: Christopher Sprysenski – Civil/Family
Division L: Mark E. Herr – Civil/Family
Division M: Donna M. Goerner – Criminal
Division P: John Galluzzo – Juvenile/Probate/Guardianship/Mental Health
Division W: Susan Stacy – Civil/Family
Assignment of County Court Judges to Divisions:
The county court judges assigned to the divisions of the court from April 1, 2024, until December 21, 2024 are as follows:
Division C: James Joseph Dekleva – County Criminal
Division F: Sylvia Grunor – County Civil
Division R: Carsandra Buie – County Criminal
Division S Wayne Culver – County Civil
Division U John L. Woodard, III – County Criminal
Division Z: Debra L. Krause – County Criminal
22-11-B: REASSIGNMENT OF CASES ASSIGNED TO JUDGE KATHRYN M. SPEICHER RE: THE COURT HAVING DETERMINED THAT JUDGE KATHRYN M. SPEICHER SHOULD NOT HEAR CASES IN WHICH ATTORNEYS KELLEEN DUNCAN-NIESLER, AND ELIZABETH GAMMON, APPEARS – ORDERED 2/27/2022 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER
22-10-B: JUDGE KATHRYN M. SPEICHER SHOULD NOT HEAR CASES IN WHICH ATTORNEYS JACOB H. SPEICHER IV AND JACOB H. SPEICHER APPEARS – ORDERED 1/26/2022 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER
22-08-S: SUPERSEDES 18-12-S RE: CRIMINAL – STANDARDIZED SEMINOLE COUNTY ARREST AFFIDAVIT, AMENDED MAKING CHANGES FOR MARSY’S LAW AND ALLOWS A SPACE IN THE CHARGING AFFIDAVIT – ORDERED 1/25/2022 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER
22-07-B: JUVENILE – DEPENDENCY – ESTABLISHMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD COURT PROGRAM – ORDERED 1/27/22 BY JESSICA RECKSIEDLER
WHEREAS administrative orders from time to time become obsolete, IT IS ORDERED that the following administrative order is hereby rescinded: 22-03: In Re: Administrative Rules – Covid-19 Procedures
DONE AND ORDERED this 16th day of August 2023