March is Women's History Month. It is celebrated by highlighting the vital role of women in American History. Learn more about the many amazing women who contribute in the Fifth Judicial Circuit. 

It has been exactly one year since the Fifth Judicial Circuits closed theirs doors, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, we have learned of new ways to adapt and stay operational through these challenging times. Here is a look back at our year in the circuit and how we worked through...

Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Nancy Moate Ley explains to a newly-impaneled jurors their roles and responsibilities on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, before they begin hearing evidence during what is the first criminal jury trial to take place in Pinellas County since Chief Judge Anthony Rondolino lifted a suspension of such proceedings...

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Gerald Kogan, who died on March 4, 2021, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Court Public Information Officers in 2019. As chief justice from 1996-98, Kogan recognized the role that court communications would play in the 21st century and launched a cluster of...

It has been a year since Jury Trials and Grand Jury Proceedings were suspended at the Fifth Judicial Circuit, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This week, many jurors were called to come back to court and serve, as jury trials resume in all Circuit 5 courts.

The most important resource a court has is hearing time with a judge. However, the judge is only one person in a division that has hundreds of cases. How does a court keep cases moving efficiently through the legal system when hearing time with the judge is limited? They do...

A new episode of Fast5, an audio series featuring 12th Judicial Circuit judges, is live! This episode, we chat with Circuit Judge Andrea McHugh who is a patron of the arts, baits her own fishhook, and believes that access to justice has two parts.

The Honorable Mark E. Feagle has been re-elected to serve as Chief Judge for the Third Judicial Circuit by his fellow judges. His new term as Chief Judge will be July 1, 2021- June 30, 2023. 

Jury Trials and Grand Jury Proceedings have been reinstated in all Courts of the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter Counties.

Currently the benchmark criteria to operate in full Phase 2 has been met and all counties of the Circuit we may now resume jury trials...

Jury trials and grand jury proceedings have been reinstated in Sumter County.