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Michael P. McDaniel
Portrait of Judge Michael P. McDaniel
Circuit
Assignment: 
Polk Juvenile (Delinquency) - Sec J2
Judicial Assistant: 
Julie Duffey
jduffey@jud10.flcourts.org
Phone: 
(863) 534 – 2505
Fax: 
(863) 534 - 4665
Address: 
P.O. Box 9000, Drawer J134
Bartow, FL 33831-9000
Documents: 
PDF icon Civil Procedures & Guidelines (*** updated 10/4/2023 ***)
PDF icon 2025 Civil Pretrial Conferences and Jury Trial Dates
PDF icon 2026 Civil Pretrial Conferences and Jury Trial Dates
PDF icon Formatting of Proposed Orders (See Admin Order 1-61.1)
PDF icon Notice of Hearing (Remote/Virtual)
File Civil Case Management Plan (See Admin Order 3-42.2, linked below)
PDF icon AO 3-42.2 (Civil Case Management and Implementation of Civil Differentiated Case Management)
Other Information: 

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Nova Southeastern University, 1994
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of South Florida, 1991

Military

  • U.S. Army, Captain, Honorably Discharged 2007
  • 5th Squadron, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment
  • Deployed Salah ad Din, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom III

Professional Affiliations

  • 10th Judicial Circuit Security Committee (Chair, January 2020 – Present)
  • 10th Judicial Circuit Domestic Violence Task Force (Past Chair, 2017 - 2020)
  • Florida Bar’s Military [and Veterans] Affairs Committee (2016 – 2019)
  • Lakeland Bar Association
  • The Federalist Society
  • Military Officers Association of America
  • 5th Battalion 7th Cavalry Association
  • Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Prior Employment

  • U.S. Department of State
    • Senior Rule of Law Advisor
    • Deployed to Afghanistan, 2010 – 2013
  • Attorney
    • Private Practice, General Civil Litigation
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