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Hon. John D. Galluzzo
Seminole County (FL), Florida
Hon. John D. Galluzzo has presided over 6,236 cases in our database. View their complete ruling history and outcome statistics below.
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</p><p><b>John D. Galluzzo</b> is a Seminole County judge of the <a href="/Florida_18th_Circuit_Court" title="Florida 18th Circuit Court">18th Judicial Circuit Court</a> in <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. He was appointed by former Governor <a href="/Jeb_Bush" title="Jeb Bush">Jeb Bush</a> on <a href="/C2006#August" class="mw-redirect" title="C2006">August 10, 2006</a>, taking office on <a href="/C2006#October" class="mw-redirect" title="C2006">October 3</a> to replace retired Judge Gene Stephenson. Galluzzo was re-elected in 2008 and 2014, and his current six-year term expires on January 4, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-appointment_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appointment-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-summary_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-summary-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-candidate2014_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate2014-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-selectionpage_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-selectionpage-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Florida_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Florida judicial elections, 2014">Florida judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Galluzzo ran for re-election to the <a href="/Florida_18th_Circuit_Court" title="Florida 18th Circuit Court">Eighteenth Circuit Court</a>.<br>As an unopposed candidate, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
<sup id="cite_ref-candidate2014_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate2014-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Galluzzo received his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Florida in 1979 and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> degree from the Nova Southeastern University Law Center in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appointment-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Galluzzo is a former assistant state attorney in Seminole County. He then worked as a private practice criminal defense attorney until he was appointed to the <a href="/Florida_18th_Circuit_Court" title="Florida 18th Circuit Court">18th Judicial Circuit Court</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appointment-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-summary_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-summary-3">[3]</a></sup>
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