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# Martin Bidwill

Florida Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Civil Judge, Divisions 05 and 27

## Profile

- Court: Florida Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Florida
- Role: Circuit Civil Judge, Divisions 05 and 27
- 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

### courtroom electronic equipment

Scope: judge specific

Judge Bidwill publishes a courtroom Evidence Presentation System tutorial for hearings and trials.

Evidence excerpt: To operate the new electronic equipment in the new courtroom to be used during hearings and trials. Here is the link for Evidence Presentation System

[Martin Bidwill, Division Procedures](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQCPvH_w65XwZczrWcCBsj0BSUkWM8R5w6vdyC_kOBicswkf5T2IRtRh8T4NBlWZ2y-doTJG9d5BoGu/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)
- [Martin Bidwill, Division Procedures](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQCPvH_w65XwZczrWcCBsj0BSUkWM8R5w6vdyC_kOBicswkf5T2IRtRh8T4NBlWZ2y-doTJG9d5BoGu/pub)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Martin J. Bidwill is a judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Broward County), presiding over civil, criminal, and asbestos litigation matters

### Education

### Additional information

- Honors: Named Judge of the Year by the American Board of Trial Advocates (Fort Lauderdale chapter) in 2019



## 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.