Hon. Michael G. Kaplan

Michael G. Kaplan is a Domestic Violence Division judge serving on Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit Court. He has been in this role since his election in 2002, with subsequent re-elections in 2008 and 2014, the latter unopposed. Prior to his judgeship, Kaplan began his legal career in 1984 at Spellacy & McFann, moved to the Law Office of Robert J. McFann in 1989, and became a partner at McFann, Beavers & Kaplan in 1990. In 1995 he was appointed general master for the 17th Judicial Circuit/Broward County. Kaplan earned a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Miami in 1980 and a J.D. from Nova Southwestern University in 1984. His practice focuses on domestic violence matters, and he has served the Broward County community for over two decades.