Melissa M. Polo

Judge Polo conducts evidentiary hearings, pretrial conferences, and jury and non-jury trials in person unless otherwise ordered.

All EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS will be conducted IN-PERSON unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

The Thirteenth Circuit strongly encourages electronically stored exhibits through the Portal as individual PDF or PDF/A files; exhibits over 50 MB may be delivered on USB, CD, or another agreed electronic method.

parties are strongly encouraged to file electronically-stored exhibits through the Portal.

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.

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