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# Dorian K. Damoorgian

Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal
- State: Florida
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, District Court of Appeal of Florida, 2008-present
- Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge: 2008–2025, appointed by Governor Charlie Crist
- Administrative Judge, Civil Division: 2003–2007, credited with establishing the court’s complex litigation division
- Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Judge: 1999–2007, serving in multiple divisions including felony, domestic violence, juvenile, and dependency
- Since retirement, Damoorgian has served as a mediator, arbitrator, and court‐appointed neutral through JAMS, leveraging his extensive trial and appellate experience to resolve disputes through alternative dispute resolution

### Education

- Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in — J.D. (1980)
- American University — B.A.

### Additional information

- Chief Judge: July 2013–June 2015
- Practitioner, 2007-2007
- Recognition includes the 2007 Stephen R. Booher Memorial Award (Broward County Bar Association).
- Recognition includes the 2005 Outstanding Judge Award (Fort Lauderdale Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates).
- overseeing electronic filing, paperless courthouse conversion, and courthouse funding initiatives
- Retired Florida judge with a 25‐year judicial career spanning trial and appellate courts, now serving as a mediator and arbitrator through JAMS

## 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

### 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.courtlistener.com/person/6871/dorian-k-damoorgian/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6871/dorian-k-damoorgian/)
- [District Court of Appeal of Florida current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6871/dorian-k-damoorgian/)
- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6871/dorian-k-damoorgian/)
- [Judge Dorian K. Damoorgian / Former Judges / Judges - - Fourth District Court of Appeal](https://4dca.flcourts.gov/judges/former-judges/judge-dorian-k.-damoorgian)
- [Dorian Damoorgian - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Dorian_Damoorgian)
- [Former Judges](https://4dca.flcourts.gov/judges/former-judges)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6871/dorian-k-damoorgian/)
- [Judge Dorian K. Damoorgian / Former Judges / Judges - - Fourth District Court of Appeal](https://4dca.flcourts.gov/judges/former-judges/judge-dorian-k.-damoorgian)
- [Dorian Damoorgian - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Dorian_Damoorgian)

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