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# Lourdes Simon

Florida Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Civil Judge, CA 02

## Profile

- Court: Florida Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Florida
- Role: Circuit Civil Judge, CA 02
- 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 hearing materials

Scope: judge specific

Judge Simon requires special-set supporting documents to be uploaded separately through courtMAP as PDFs at least seven business days before the hearing; binders and courtesy copies to chambers are not allowed.

Evidence excerpt: All documents must be submitted electronically via courtMAP in pdf format. Binders or courtesy copies sent to Chambers are not allowed.

[Lourdes Simon, Judicial Section Details](https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Judge-Details?judgeid=925&sectionid=2)
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.jud11.flcourts.org/Judge-Details?judgeid=925&sectionid=2)
- [Official roster](https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Judge-Details?judgeid=925&sectionid=2)
- [Florida Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court official judicial roster](https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Judge-Details?judgeid=925&sectionid=2)
- [Judicial Directory](https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/About-the-Court/Judges/Judicial-Directory)
- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)
- [Lourdes Simon, Judicial Section Details](https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Judge-Details?judgeid=925&sectionid=2)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- 2017–present: Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Circuit Civil Division
- 2010–2017: Judge, Miami-Dade County Court
- Assigned to CA 02 at the Osvaldo N. Soto Miami-Dade Justice Center, Miami, FL Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida

### Education


### Additional information

- Judge Simon has been re-elected without appearing on the ballot in recent cycles, including 2024.
- Appointed by former Governor Rick Scott on July 18, 2017
- Judge Simon presides over cases in the Circuit Civil Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, including matters such as real estate foreclosures, property disputes, and other civil cases.



## 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.