Judge Olin Shinholzer

Judge Olin W. Shinholser
Civil Courtroom Preferences & Procedures (PDF)
Notice Regarding Telephone Hearings (PDF)
Motions, Notices of Hearings, Proposed Orders (PDF)
Courtroom Guidelines - Criminal (PDF)

   

    EDUCATIONN     

National Judicial College 1999
Florida Judicial College 1990
University of Florida J.D.1976
University of Florida B.A. 1974 (HighHonors)

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE 

Circuit Judge September 2002 - Present             
County Judge, January 1990 – September 2002                
10th Circuit Judicial Mentor Coordinator and Mentor                             
Florida D.U.I. Programs Review Boards

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant State Attorney 1979-1989
Private Practice 1976-1979

ASSOCIATIONS

Kiwanis (past distinguished president and secretary)
Boy Scouts of America (Council Executive Board)
Fla. Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee (Chair 2003-2004)
Freid-Hardemen University (Advisory Board)
Church of Christ (Elder)
Conference of County Judges (past chair of criminal rules
committee, past chair sentencing committee and circuit rep.)
National Judicial College
Polk Domestic Violence Task Force (past chair and past member)
Take Stock in Children (mentor)
Florida Farm Bureau
National Wild Turkey Association
Executive Board, Conference of Circuit Judges (2007-2009)
Chair, Highlands County Domestic Violence Task Force

HONORS

Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Sigma Alpha
District Award of Merit, Boy Scouts of America
Kiwanian of the Year 1996 and 2001
Law Day Award 2002

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