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# Leah R. Case

Florida Seventh Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Florida Seventh Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Florida
- Role: Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

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

## 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://circuit7.org/judges-overview/)
- [Official roster](https://circuit7.org/judges-overview/)
- [Florida Judicial Branch circuit court administration official judicial roster](https://circuit7.org/judges-overview/)
- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Additionally, she practiced briefly in private law with the firm Smith, Hood, Perkins, Louks and Stoudt in 1998 and held the role of an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 2002 to 2003
- She also continues to hear criminal cases at the S. James Foxman Justice Center in Daytona Beach
- She has administrative supervision over judges and court personnel and reports to the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court

### Education

- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Florida

### Additional information

- She was re-elected in 2012 and continues to serve, currently holding the position of Chief Judge, a role she was reelected to for the 2025 term
- Joined the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida by Governor Charlie Crist on December 21, 2010, and was officially sworn in on March 25, 2011.
- She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1994 and began her legal career as an assistant state attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
- overseeing administrative operations and supervising all judges and court personnel within the circuit
- As Chief Judge, Leah R. Case directs the formation and implementation of policies for the operation of all courts within the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
- Both her undergraduate degree
- She held the role of Deputy Chief of Volusia County for the State Attorney’s Office, gaining 16 years of experience prosecuting criminal cases before her judicial appointment.
- Her leadership ensures the efficient functioning of the circuit courts and adherence to branch-wide judicial policies



## 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.