Commission on District Court of Appeal Performance and Accountability

Authority: AOSC08-84

The Commission was established in 2002 for the purpose of proposing policies and procedures on matters related to the efficient and effective functioning of Florida’s district courts through the development of comprehensive resource management, performance measurement, and accountability programs.

Meeting Minutes

• August 11, 2009
• December 14, 2009

Members through June 30, 2010:

• The Honorable William A. Van Nortwick (Chair), First District
• The Honorable Chris W. Altenbernd, Second District
• Mr. Ty W. Berdeaux, Fifth District
• Ms. Mary Cay Blanks, Third District
• Mr. Thomas D. Hall, Supreme Court Clerk
• The Honorable William D. Palmer, Fifth District
• The Honorable Vance Salter, Third District
• The Honorable Martha C. Warner, Fourth District

Supreme Court Liaison: The Honorable Ricky Polston

Selected Reports:

• Summary of Commission on District Court of Appeal Performance and Accountability Reports
• Review of Relative Case Weights for the Determination of Need for Additional Judges (2009)
• Delay in Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases (2007)
• Delay in Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases (2006)
• Weighted Case Threshold (2006)
• Judicial Certification Statistics Report (2005)
• DCA Workload Report (2005)
• Caseload Factors Report (2005)

For more reports from the Commission on District Court of Appeal Performance and Accountability, go to the Publications Page.

Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability

Authority: AOSC08-32

The Commission was established in 2002 for the purpose of proposing policies and procedures on matters related to the efficient and effective functioning of Florida’s trial courts, through the development of comprehensive performance measurement, resource management, and accountability programs.

Members through June 30, 2010:

• The Honorable Robert B. Bennett, Jr. (Chair), Twelfth Circuit
• Mr. Mike Bridenback, Thirteenth Ninth Circuit
• The Honorable Brian J. Davis, Fourth Circuit
• Ms. Gay Inskeep, Sixth Circuit
• The Honorable Thomas M. Jaworski, Alachua County
• The Honorable Kathleen J. Kroll, Fifteenth Circuit
• The Honorable Peter R. Lopez, Eleventh Circuit
• The Honorable Peter F. Marshall, Volusia County
• The Honorable Ellen Sly Masters, Tenth Circuit
• Ms. Carol Lee Ortman, Seventeenth Circuit
• The Honorable Jonathon Sjostrom, Second Circuit
  
• The Honorable Terry D. Terrell, First Circuit
• The Honorable William L. Wright, Fourteenth Circuit

Supreme Court Liaison: The Honorable Jorge Labarga

Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee Liaison:
The Honorable Lisa Davidson, Eighteenth Circuit

Meeting Minutes:

• May 20, 2009
• September 25, 2009
  

Selected Reports:

• Summary of Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability Reports
• Recommendations for the Provision of Court Reporting Services in Florida’s Trial Courts - Supplemental Report (2009)
• Ensuring Access to Justice: Serving Florida's Self-Represented Litigants - Supplemental Report (December 2008)
• Ensuring Access to Justice: Serving Florida's Self-Represented Litigants
  (April 2008)
• Recommendations for Alternative Dispute Resolution Services in Florida's Trial Courts (2008)
• Recommendations for the Provision of Court Reporting Services in Florida's Trial Courts (2007)
• Recommendations for Improving Governance and Operations for Appointed Counsel and Due Process Services: A Report to the Florida Legislature
  (2007)

For more reports from the Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability, go to the Publications Page.

Court Statistics and Workload Committee

In August 2007, the Supreme Court approved the creation of the Court Statistics and Workload Committee, under the Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability. This is a permanent Committee of circuit and county court judges, trial court administrators, general magistrates and hearing officers that oversees issues pertaining to the Summary Reporting System, Uniform Data Reporting System, and all other trial court data collection systems. In addition, it is responsible for addressing future data needs and workload related policy level questions.

Members:

• The Honorable Ellen S. Masters (Chair), Tenth Circuit
• Mr. Michael Bridenback (Vice-Chair), Thirteenth Circuit
• The Honorable G. Keith Cary, Twentieth Circuit
• Ms. Barbara Dawicke, Fifteenth Circuit
• The Honorable Ilona M. Holmes, Seventeenth Circuit
• The Honorable Shelley J. Kravitz, Miami-Dade County
• The Honorable Peter F. Marshall, Volusia County
• Mr. Martin Proctor, Thirteenth Circuit
• Mr. Philip Schlissel, Seventeenth Circuit
• The Honorable Jesse P. Silvernail, Eighteenth Circuit
• The Honorable Jonathan Sjostrom, Second Circuit
• Mr. Grant Slayden, Second Circuit
• The Honorable William L. Wright, Fourteenth Circuit

Selected Reports:

• Recommendations on Senior Judge Resources in the Judicial Weighted Workload Model
• 2007 Judicial Resource Study Final Report
  • Final Report (Word) Appendices (Word)
  • Final Report (PDF) Appendices (PDF)
• Florida Delphi-based Weighted Caseload Project

For more information on Florida judicial branch statistics, go to the Statistics Main Page.

Circuit Profiles

Circuit Profiles is a publication created by the Trial Court Performance and Accountability Commission and the Office of the State Courts Administrator to provide court managers with access to a systematic collection of information on state funded programs within the Florida trial courts.  Currently, Circuit Profiles have been developed for the following programs:  Court Reporting Services, Court Interpreting Services, and Mediation Services.  Contained in each publication, for each of the twenty judicial circuits, is circuit specific information on program fiscal allotments, direct service staffing models, position titles, service coverage types and/or levels, contractual service provider rates, measurable workload outputs, and other logistical data.

NOTE: Due to the large amount of data contained in each Circuit Profiles publication, tables and graphics were used to concisely represent the data.  If you use assistive technology and are having trouble accessing the information contained in these publications, please email us at osca@flcourts.org to request the preferred format in which to receive the information, along with your contact information.

• Court Interpreting Circuit Profiles, November 2009
• Mediation Circuit Profiles, February 2008
• Court Reporting Circuit Profiles, February 2008
• Court Reporting Circuit Profiles, February 2007
• Mediation Circuit Profiles, February 2007
• Court Reporting Circuit Profiles, February 2006