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# Tamara Lynne Nicola

Collier County Court · County Judge

## Profile

- Court: Collier County Court
- State: Florida
- Role: County 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://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/judiciary.aspx)
- [Official roster](https://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/judiciary.aspx)
- [Florida Judicial Branch circuit court administration official judicial roster](https://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/judiciary.aspx)
- [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

- After law school, Nicola practiced law in private practice with her father, Richard Jones, until 2000, later managing her own firm, Tamara Lynne Nicola, P.A.
- Judge Nicola’s cases include county civil, small claims, criminal, traffic, and eviction matters
- County Court Judge in Collier County, Florida, presiding over civil, small claims, criminal, traffic, and eviction cases

### Education



### Additional information

- Collier County Bar Association board (2006–2015) and was elected President.
- Judge Nicola serves in the 20th Judicial Circuit and is assigned to the Collier County Court Division handling County Civil, Small Claims, Other, and Evictions cases.
- One of six county court judges in the circuit 20th Judicial Circuit Court
- She also serves on the Collier Child Care Resources board
- focusing on family law, criminal defense, and civil litigation
- During law school, she received the American Jurisprudence Book Award for family law and land use, held the role of President of the Student Bar Association, was a member of Phi Delta Phi, edited the Ohio Northern Law Review, and published the article “Coerced Confessions and Harmless Error”.



## 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.