Kevin B. Weiss

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GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
Judge Kevin B. Weiss
Orange County Circuit Civil Court Division 36
Judicial Assistant: Jonathan Rosado
Phone: (407) 836-2354
Email: 36orange@ninthcircuit.org
Address: Orange County Courthouse
425 North Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801
Chambers: 2020
Hearing Room: 20A
Courtroom: 10A
UPDATED JANUARY 7, 2026
In order to assist counsel, the litigants and the Court, the following guidelines, procedures, and
practices are hereby adopted for Circuit Civil Division 36 in Orange County, Florida when
practicing before Judge Kevin B. Weiss.
- EX-PARTE /SHORT MATTERS AS WELL AS ALL OTHER HEARINGS WILL BE HELD
VIRTUAL VIA WEBEX AND/ OR IN PERSON IN HEARING ROOM 20-A.
WEBEX: https://ninthcircuit.webex.com/meet/36orange
Meeting code : 2338 820 0950
Or join by phone: +1-904-900-2303
Access code: 2338 820 0950
WebEx Video Instructions: Five minutes before the hearing, all participants should
connect to the video conference. At the time of the hearing, the judge will connect to the
video conference.
Video Conference Note: You will be entering a virtual waiting room before the hearing.
Your name must appear on screen. The judge will admit you to the hearing when the
hearing begins. Please keep your microphone on mute until it is your turn to speak.
MANDATORY MEET AND CONFER PROCESS: Please review and comply with Ninth Judicial
Circuit Administrative Order No. 2012-03-01 before scheduling a hearing on a motion, in order to
attempt to resolve or otherwise narrow the issues raised in the motion. Any Notice of Hearing
filed with the Court must include a Certificate of Compliance as set forth in Exhibit A of the
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Administrative Order. The Judicial Assistant will not schedule hearings where the movant has
failed to comply with the “meet and confer” requirement. Failure to include the requisite
Certificate of Compliance in the notice of hearing will result in cancellation of the scheduled
hearing.
EX PARTE AND SHORT MATTERS: The Court will hold ex parte and short matters hearings
Monday through Thursday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Ex parte hearings are uncontested or agreed
matters, typically five (5) minutes or less. Short matters are non-evidentiary contested matters
requiring ten (10) minutes or less and include simple motions to dismiss, strike affirmative
defenses, for more definite statement, to amend pleadings, short discovery motions, protective
orders, objections to CMEs, summary judgment after default, foreclosure summary judgments,
scheduling issues, etc. The Court will not hear evidentiary hearings at short matters.
These hearings are not scheduled with the Judicial Assistant, but must be coordinated with
opposing counsel on a date that Judge Weiss is available. Please refer to the DIVISION
CALENDAR, online for available/unavailable dates. The attorney noticing the hearing
must provide at least five (5) days’ notice to the opposing party.
Counsel and parties shall appear for ex parte and short matters via Webex or in-person in
Hearing Room 20A at the Orange County Courthouse.
Courtesy Copies Required: An electronic courtesy copy of the motion and notice of
hearing (with the WEBEX LINK or in-person information) must be provided to the judge
at least two (2) business days before the hearing. Failure to do so may result in the hearing
not being held. Courtesy copies (in .pdf or Word format) of the motion and notice of
hearing shall be provided by email to 36orange@ninthcircuit.org. The email is to include
the case number, style and date/time of the hearing.
HEARINGS OTHER THAN EX PARTE/SHORT MATTERS: All available hearing time is listed
on the division calendar.
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