First Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

The First Judicial Circuit Court of Florida represents the state court of superior general original jurisdiction for Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties.

Circuit court judges are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. The number of judges is dependent on the population and caseload of the circuit.

1st Circuit Court Judges

Escambia County

Based out of the M. C. Blanchard Building with annexes at the Cobb Building, the Century Courthouse and the Bruno Building

• Michael G. Allen
• Frank L. Bell
• W. Joel Boles
• Nickolas P. Geeker
• Ross Goodman
• T. Michael Jones
• Edward P. Nickinson, III
• Linda L. Nobles
• Paul A. Rasmussen
• Jan Shackelford
• Jan Skievaski
• Terry D. Terrell
• Kenneth L. Williams

Santa Rosa County

Based out of the Santa Rosa County Courthouse with an annex at the South Santa Rosa Service Center

• Gary Bergosh
• Marci L. Goodman
• Thomas Santurri
• Ron Swanson

Okaloosa County

Based out of the Okaloosa County Courthouse and its annex

• G. Robert Barron
• Jack R. Heflin
• Terrance Ketchel
• Thomas T. Remington
• William F. Stone

Walton County

Based out of the Walton County Courthouse with an annex at the South Walton County Courthouse

• W. Howard LaPorte
• Kelvin C. Wells

References

• FirstJudicialCircuit.org
• Brief Description of Florida's Circuit Courts