Tanya Davis Wilson

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GUIDELINES & PROCEDURES
Judge Tanya Davis Wilson
Ninth Judicial Circuit – Orange County
Circuit Civil Division 34
Judicial Assistant: Tammy Edwards
Phone: (407) 836-0568 Email: 34orange@ninthcircuit.org
Address: 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801
Chambers: 1735, 17th Floor
Hearing Room: 17B
Courtroom: 18-B
In Order to assist counsel, the litigants and the Court, the following Guidelines and
Procedures are hereby adopted for Circuit Civil Division 34 in Orange County, Florida when
practicing before Judge Tanya Davis Wilson.
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE JUDICIAL OFFICE
• Method of Communication: ALL communications to the judicial office
MUST be submitted by e-mail to 34orange@ninthcircuit.org. Division 34
emails sent to the Judicial Assistant’s personal email will go
unanswered and will be deleted. The subject line must contain the case
number, case name, and relevant matter (e.g., 2024 DR 001234 SC – Doe v.
Doe - 2-Hour Hearing Requested.)
• Ex parte Communications: All communications with the judicial office
must comply with Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits
a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte communications
and from considering other communications outside the presence of the
parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by
law. All parties must be copied on any e-mail directed to the judicial office,
unless an ex parte communication is authorized by law.
• Unsolicited Communications: Unsolicited communications from non-
parties will not be considered by the court. Parties may only contact the
judicial office in accordance with these practices and procedures.
• E-Filing Portal Contact Information: All attorneys and self-represented
litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders
electronically, unless excused. Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.516. It is
the responsibility of attorneys and self-represented litigants to update their
contact information using Form 2.603 any time there is a change in the e-
mail account registered for electronic service.
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HOW TO SCHEDULE A HEARING
1. Complete the mandatory meet and confer process outlined in the Ninth Judicial Circuit
Administrative Order No. 2012-03-01. Counsel with full authority to resolve the matter
shall confer before scheduling the hearing on the motion to attempt to resolve or otherwise
narrow the issues raised in the motion, and include a Certificate of Compliance in the
Notice of Hearing filed with the Court. Review Exhibit A in the Administrative Order.
Any failure to comply with the “meet and confer” requirement will result in either the
Court cancelling the scheduled hearing, or the Judicial Assistant not providing hearing time
to the parties.
2. Determine which type of hearing you need.
There are 3 types of hearings available:
A. Ex Parte: defined as a purely uncontested matter and/or non-
evidentiary matters which are very brief (5 minutes)
B. Short Matters: defined as a contested matter that requires less
than 10 minutes of the Court’s time and is non-evidentiary
C. Contested Hearings
3. For Ex parte and Short Matters Hearings
These hearings are held Monday through Thursday at 8:45 a.m. Agreed upon and
uncontested matters will be handled first, followed by short contested matters. If no
matters remain pending at 9:00 a.m., ex parte/short matters will close.
Types of motions suitable for hearing at short matters are simple motions to dismiss, to
strike affirmative defenses, for more definite statement, to amend pleadings, short
discovery motions, protective orders, objections to CMEs, Motion for Summary
Judgment after Default, Motions f

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