Judge Daniel

The Honorable Helene L. Daniel

Circuit Civil, Division H

Edgecomb Courthouse800 E. Twiggs St., Room #521
Tampa, Florida 33602
Courtroom #502
Judicial Assistant: Tammy Farina
(813) 272-6972
gencivdivh@fljud13.org

Zoom Meeting ID: 830-834-6388
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Email JA to confirm availability for agreed Trial and PTC dates.
Insert that the PTC is IN PERSON in the trial order.
Upload the Uniform Order Setting Trial and Pre-Trial through the e-portal in pdf format ONLY.

For Non-Jury trials, please email JA and we will schedule the trial date certain.

All dates below are subject to change.

Jury & Non-Jury Trial Weeks 2026

Week(s)

Pretrial Conference

January 26-30, 2026
Jury Pick on Friday, January 23

MILs to be heard Jan 22

January 12, 2026 @ 9am

IN PERSON

February 16-27, 2026
Jury Pick on Friday, Feb 13 for 1st week
Jury Pick on Monday, Feb 23 for 2nd week

MILs to be heard Feb 12

February 2, 2026 @ 9am

IN PERSON

March 23-27, 2026
Jury Pick on Friday, Mar 20

MILs to be heard Mar 19

March 9, 2026 @ 9am

IN PERSON

April 27, 2026 – May 1, 2026
Jury Pick on Friday, Apr 24

MILs to be heard Apr 23

April 6, 2026 @ 9am

IN PERSON

There will not be a May trial week. If you were scheduled for a May trial week amend your trial order with the June 2026 trial info below.

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June 15-26, 2026

Jury Pick on Friday, June 12 for 1st week
Jury Pick on Monday, June 22 for 2nd week

MILs to be heard Jun 11

June 1, 2026 @ 9am

IN PERSON

July 20-24, 2026

Jury Pick on Friday, July 17

MILs to be heard Jul 16

July 6, 2026 @ 9am

IN PERSON

August 17-28, 2026

Jury Pick on Monday, Aug 17 for the 1^st week

Jury Pick on Monday, Aug 24 for 2^nd week

MILs to be heard Aug 6

August 3, 2026 @ 9am

IN PERSON

September 28 – October 2, 2026

Jury Pick on Friday, Sept 25

MILs to be heard Sept 24

September 8, 2026 @ 930am

IN PERSON

October 19-30, 2026

Jury Pick on Friday, Oct 16 for the 1^st week

Jury Pick on Monday, Oct 26 for the 2^nd week

MILs to be heard Oct 15

October 5, 2026 @ 930am

IN PERSON

November 16-20, 2026

Jury Pick on Friday, Nov 13

MILs to be heard Nov 12

November 2, 2026 @ 930am

IN PERSON

December 14-18, 2026

Jury Pick on Friday, Dec 11

MILs to be heard Dec 10

November 30, 2026 @ 930am

IN PERSON

Jury & Non-Jury Trial Weeks 2027

Week(s)

Pretrial Conference

January 25-29, 2027
Jury Pick on Friday, Jan 22

MILs to be heard on Jan 21

January 11, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

February 22-26, 2027
Jury Pick on Friday, Feb 19

MILs to be heard on Feb 18

February 8, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

March 15-26, 2027
Jury Pick on Friday, Mar 12 for the 1^st week

Jury Pick on Monday, Mar 22 for the 2^nd week

MILs to be heard on Mar 11

March 2, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

There will be no trial week in April

May 17-21, 2027
Jury Pick on Friday, May 14

MILs to be heard on Thursday, May 13

May 4, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

June 14-25, 2027

Jury Pick on Friday, June 11 for 1st week
Jury Pick on Monday, June 21 for 2nd week

MILs to be heard Jun 10

June 1, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

July 19-23, 2027

Jury Pick on Friday, July 16

MILs to be heard on Jul 15

July 6, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

August 23 – September 3, 2027

Jury Pick on Friday, Aug 20 for the 1^st week

Jury Pick on Monday, Aug 30 for 2^nd week

MILs to be heard Aug 19

August 10, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

September 27 – October 1, 2027

Jury Pick on Friday, Sept 24

MILs to be heard Sept 23

September 13, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

October 18-29, 2027

Jury Pick on Friday, Oct 15 for the 1^st week

Jury Pick on Monday, Oct 25 for the 2^nd week

MILs to be heard Oct 14

October 4, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

November 15-19, 2027

Jury Pick on Monday, Nov 15

MILs to be heard Nov 10

November 1, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

December 13-17, 2027

Jury Pick on Friday, Dec 10

MILs to be heard Dec 9

November 29, 2027 @ 930am

IN PERSON

Circuit Civil Division H Preferences - The Top Ten

Important Notice Regarding Administrative Order S-2024-046:

Administrative Order S-2024-046, promulgated by the Chief Judge of the Thirteenth Circuit and applicable to all Circuit Civil divisions, establishes requirements that apply to your case. Please familiarize yourself and your office staff with this order.

Division H encourages the use of remote appearances by ZOOM. Jury Trials, Pre-Trial Conferences and hearings 1 hour or longer are in person; all other matters are via Zoom. Please be prepared to attend by video (or audio if you do not have access to a video call). Here is a link to the Division H Zoom hearing room: https://zoom.us/j/3078346388.

No password is required; you will be admitted from the waiting room once Judge is ready to call your case. To call into a zoom meeting, the phone is 1-786-635-1003, ID 307-834-6388.

Parties who need an in-person hearing, non-jury trial or evidentiary hearing may contact the JA at gencivdivh@fljud13.org.

15 and 30 minute hearings are to be set by attorneys through JAWS. Pro Se litigants may email the JA for hearing availability. Anyone requesting a hearing of longer than 30 minutes must contact the JA for availability. gencivdivh@fljud13.org

UMC hearings are scheduled by attorneys via JAWS. This is a multi-case docket for uncontested matters that can be heard under 10 minutes total per case, including time for each side, for the Judge to review documents, memoranda and rule etc. Please do not schedule Motions to Dismiss, contempt matters or testimonial matters on the UMC docket, they will be cancelled. Motions to Dismiss, contempt matters and testimonial matters shall be scheduled appropriately for the time needed to successfully hear all parties, whether that may be 15 or 30 minute hearings scheduled through JAWS or if more than 30 minutes is needed by emailing the request to the JA.

In all notices of hearing, please put the date filed and docket number of the matter being called up for hearing. Cross-Noticing: Matters may be Cross-noticed for hearing times only if both parties agree to both matters being heard at the same hearing time, and that there is sufficient time for the Court to consider multiple matters at one hearing.

Proposed Orders must be uploaded in pdf format through the e-portal. Proposed Orders uploaded in WORD are rejected automatically by the e-portal. Parties must ensure their email addresses are associated to the case in JAWS and have selected recipients for rejection Notices.

Uploading Orders & Exhibits to E-Filing Portal - provides instructions for uploading documents through the E-Portal for Electronic Signature.

Proposed orders that are agreed upon by the parties are to be uploaded through the portal in PDF format. Please include a reminder of the date of the hearing in the cover letter, and if the Order is agreed to by the parties.

In the case of orders NOT agreed to, please submit one email to the JA at gencivdivh@fljud13.org containing a cover letter which describes the differences in the Orders, a reminder of the hearing date, and WORD versions of the competing orders for the Court’s review and editing; the Court will upload and sign an order on the hearing.

Please email the JA at gencivdivh@fljud13.org and copy all other parties with your request or message. The JA will respond as efficiently as possible.

For UMC Hearings 5-7 minutes, CMCHearings 15 and 30 minutes long (this includes all hearings that are 30 minutes or shorter):NO MORE BINDERS PLEASE. Do not submit any binders or other paper documents to Chambersfor short hearing as outlined above.All authority or other documents you wouldlike the Court to consider MUST be filed in the Court file no fewer than 3 business days, prior to the hearing, oras specified by the applicable Rules, whichever is earlier.

For Hearings 45 minutes and longer:Hearing binders may be provided to the Courtat least 3 business daysprior to the hearing and must be submitted via regular mail or droppedoff at the courthouse.No Emails.

After the motion is filed with the clerk and properly flagged as an emergency pursuant to Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 19 (B), please email the JA with a courtesy copy so the Court is aware of the need to act on the Motion. gencivdivh@fljud13.org

If any hearing is being cancelled or rescheduled, the attorney or self-represented party that scheduled the hearing MUST notify the judge’s judicial assistant at gencivdivh@fljud13.org , the opposing counsel or opposing party and the court reporter, if one was reserved/scheduled as soon as possible.

You may not cancel a pretrial or trial unless the matter has been completely settled. If so, please upload the notice of settlement and/or the NOVD or other paperwork to the JA to confirm the cancellation.

All Notices of Hearing shall include:

Date and time to be heard
Amount of time reserved for the hearing
Title of each motion and doc # to be heard
Zoom or In Person – Zoom hearings should only include the zoom info and not the courthouse address.
In Person hearings should include the courthouse address and should not include any zoom info.

Please refer to the administrative order. Please refer to the Clerk of Courts Trial Exhibits Memorandum for Jury/Non-Jury trial exhibits. https://hillsclerk.com/Court-Services/Circuit-Civil

The Court uses the Circuit Civil Uniform Order Setting Case for Trial and Pre-Trial (revised Apr. 30, 2021) and the Uniform Pre-Trial Conference Order. Please refer to the forms page https://www.fljud13.org/Forms.aspx for additional documents and Orders. When saving forms on your computer, please be sure you are checking often for revised versions. The most recent version should always be used.

Additional Procedures

All Pre-trials will be in person only. At least one trial counsel per party must appear at the pretrial conference. An agreed Pre-Trial Conference Order shall be emailed to the JA in word format before the date of the PTC.

All cases will be reviewed prior to the initial DCMC. If an Order Setting PTC and Trial is issued, the DCMC will be cancelled.

Parties may submit proposed Orders on Motions to Compel Discovery- Without a hearing

The Court may rule on pleadings for particular motions ONLY IF ALL PARTIES ARE IN AGREEMENT. If the parties agree, e-file motions and responses and advise the judicial assistant via email of the title(s) of the specific motions you want the Judge to resolve without a hearing. gencivdivh@fljud13.org. Parties should submit proposed orders in accordance with the “Submitting Proposed Orders” instruction.

A hearing must be held on all minor settlement cases. Please also use this order - Order to Approve Minor Settlement.

If any attorney or pro se party has used Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the preparation of any complaint, answer, motion, brief, or other paper filed with the Court, and assigned to Judge Daniel, MUST, in a clear and plain factual statement, disclosure that AI has been used in any way in the filing, and CERTIFY, that each and every citation to the law or the record in the paper, has been verified as accurate. Failure to comply may result in sanctions, including dismissal.

Judge Daniel

The Honorable Helene L. Daniel

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The Honorable Helene L. Daniel

Year elected to the Bench: 2020

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Judge Daniel

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Circuit Civil Division H Preferences - The Top Ten

1. Remote Appearances

2. Scheduling Hearings:

3. Submitting Proposed Orders: See Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 13

4. Communication with Office:

5. Courtesy Copies (See Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 12(c)(v))

6. Emergencies: (See Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 19)

7. Cancellations: (See Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 12(f)

8. Notices: (See Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 12(c)(iv) & (v))

9. Exhibits: (See Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 16)

10. Forms:

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11. Pretrial: (See Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 15)

12. Set Case for Trial:

13. Motions to Compel Discovery: Administrative Order S-2024-046, Paragraph 11 (B)

14. In Lieu of a Hearing:

15. Minor Settlements:

16. Artificial Intelligence (“AI”):