Court Appointments

Judge Shepherd is frequently court-appointed by trial judges throughout the region to serve as either a Special Master or Special Magistrate.  The Florida Rules of Civil Procedure allow for such appointments.  Recent appointments have included service as a Special Master for the taking of deposition testimony from jurors in a post-judgment civil jury tampering dispute; service as a Special Master to review thousands of insurance claim file documents claimed to be protected by the work-product privilege; and service as a Special Magistrate to carry out the sale of real property in a partition action.

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