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# Samuel J. Salario Jr.

Florida Second District Court of Appeal · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Florida Second 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, 2015-present
- Samuel J. (“Sam”) Salario Jr. is a former judge of Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal, serving from 2015 to 2020, and now a shareholder at Lawson Huck Gonzalez PLLC in Tampa
- Terrell Hodges on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Salario practiced in Washington, D.C., at Holland & Knight LLP and later Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale), rising to counsel in 2002
- His practice spans antitrust, business disputes, class actions, elections, government disputes, estates, trusts, professional discipline, and securities law

### Education

- received his J.D. with high honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 1995, where he was on the Florida Law Review and inducted into the Order of the Coif
- American University — B.A.

### Additional information

- He was retained by voters in 2016 with 69.81% approval.
- Appointed by Governor Rick Scott on December 23, 2014, Salario began his judicial tenure on February 9, 2015.
- Practitioner, 2014-2014
- In 2002 he returned to Tampa, joining Carlton Fields as a shareholder and later head of its Securities and Derivative Litigation Practice Group.
- Also known for leading internal investigations and advising corporate governance matters
- His work included securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, internal investigations, and complex business litigation
- Salario was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, the son of Italian immigrants from Palermo, Sicily.

## 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/7050/samuel-j-salario-jr/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7050/samuel-j-salario-jr/)
- [District Court of Appeal of Florida current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7050/samuel-j-salario-jr/)
- [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/7050/samuel-j-salario-jr/)
- [Former Judges](https://2dca.flcourts.gov/Judges/former-judges)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7050/samuel-j-salario-jr/)

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