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# Carol-Lisa Phillips

Florida Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court · Chief Judge, Circuit Civil and Complex Tort Division 26

## Profile

- Court: Florida Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Florida
- Role: Chief Judge, Circuit Civil and Complex Tort Division 26
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-28

## Summary

Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic trial exhibits

Scope: judge specific

Judge Phillips requires undisputed trial exhibits on a USB drive when the exhibit count exceeds 50 and publishes the courtroom Evidence Presentation System.

Evidence excerpt: If there are more than 50 exhibits, undisputed exhibits shall be provided on a USB drive

[Carol-Lisa Phillips, Division Procedures](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQt0-fRzN03afWZ7Fjo4mvO8DDWQTOeQi2A2GUy70R3qakiHjAJBICx4I-dGE6qsfMLGj3kR43OocHB/pub)
Source checked: 2026-07-28

### media and still photography

Scope: statewide

Electronic media and still-photography coverage is allowed in Florida public trial and appellate proceedings under Rule 2.450's equipment and conduct standards, always subject to the presiding judge's control of decorum, distractions, and fair administration.

Evidence excerpt: Subject at all times to the authority of the presiding judge to: (i) control the conduct of proceedings before the court; (ii) ensure decorum and prevent distractions; and (iii) ensure the fair administration of justice in the pending cause, electronic media and still photography coverage of public judicial proceedings in the appellate and trial courts of this state shall be allowed

[Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.17th.flcourts.org/01-civil-division)
- [Official roster](https://www.17th.flcourts.org/01-civil-division)
- [Florida Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court official judicial roster](https://www.17th.flcourts.org/01-civil-division)
- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)
- [Carol-Lisa Phillips, Division Procedures](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQt0-fRzN03afWZ7Fjo4mvO8DDWQTOeQi2A2GUy70R3qakiHjAJBICx4I-dGE6qsfMLGj3kR43OocHB/pub)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Unanimously elected Chief Judge of the circuit, with her two‐year term beginning July 1, 2025
- As Chief Judge, she will oversee judicial assignments, court administration, and policy implementation across Broward County’s four courthouses
- Listed as Chief Judge, Circuit Civil Division (Division 26) with published procedures and contact details
- Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, which covers Broward County

### Education

- B.A. from the University of Florida and her J.D. from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law

### Additional information

- Subsequently elected in 2006, and re‐elected in 2012, 2018, and 2024
- Appointed to the bench in 2003 by then‐Governor Jeb Bush, filling the vacancy created when Judge James Cohn joined the federal bench



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-f9444c394a89ab9f4ffde994) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450). Collected 2026-07-26.