Trial Court Performance and Accountability

Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability

Authority: AOSC16-39

The Commission was established in 2002 for the purpose of proposing policies and procedures on matters related to the efficient and effective functioning of Florida’s trial courts, through the development of comprehensive performance measurement, resource management, and accountability programs.

Members through June 30, 2018:

• The Honorable Diana L. Moreland (Chair), Twelfth Circuit
• The Honorable Paul Alessandroni, Charlotte County
• The Honorable Jennifer Bailey, Eleventh Circuit
• Mr. Matthew Benefiel, Ninth Circuit
• Ms. Barbara Dawicke, Fifteenth Circuit
• Ms. Holly Elomina, Sixteenth Circuit
• The Honorable Ronald W. Flury, Leon County
• The Honorable Victor L. Hulslander, Eighth Circuit
• The Honorable Leandra G. Johnson, Third Circuit
• Mr. Jonathan Lin, Fifth Circuit
• The Honorable Ellen Sly Masters, Tenth Circuit
• The Honorable William Roby, Nineteenth Circuit
• The Honorable Elijah Smiley, Fourteenth Circuit
• The Honorable William F. Stone, First Circuit
• Supreme Court Liaison: The Honorable Jorge Labarga

Meeting Minutes:

• May 20, 2009
• September 25, 2009
• December 2, 2009
• September 22, 2010
• November 18, 2010
• January 31, 2011
• February 16, 2011
• June 30, 2011
• July 22, 2011
• September 22, 2011
• November 18, 2011
• October 4, 2012
• November 9, 2012
• November 27, 2012
• May 24, 2013
• December 9, 2013
• May 5, 2014
• August 15, 2014
• November 14, 2014
• June 5, 2015
• September 17, 2015
• January 22, 2016
• June 15, 2016
• September 30, 2016
• June 7, 2017
• October 12, 2017 
• April 20, 2018

Selected Reports:

• Expert Witnesses in Florida's Trial Courts - Recommendations from the Joint Due Process Workgroup of the Trial Court Budget Commission and the Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability (November 2016)
• Recommendations for Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Appeals (April 2016)
• Recommendations for the Provision of Court Appointed Expert Witness Services in Florida's Trial Courts (June 2014)
• Recommendations on a Performance Management Framework for Florida's Trial Courts (June 2016)
• Recommendations on Shared Remote Interpreting Services in Florida's Trial Courts (December 2015)
• Trial Court Integrated Management Solution (TIMS): Identifying Key Case and Workload Data and Establishing Uniform Definitions for Improving Automation of Florida’s Trial Courts Phase One Report (December 2012)
• Recommendations on Resolving Civil Disputes (December 2011)
• Recommendations for the Provision of Court Interpreting Services in Florida's Trial Courts (November 2010)
• Revised Judge Case Count by Divisional Assignment Report for Calendar Year 2010 (IMPORTANT NOTE: Persons with disabilities who are using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, contact our office at (850) 922-5094, if you need further help)
• Recommendations for the Provision of Court Reporting Services in Florida’s Trial Courts - Supplemental Report (2009)
• Ensuring Access to Justice: Serving Florida's Self-Represented Litigants - Supplemental Report (December 2008)
• Ensuring Access to Justice: Serving Florida's Self-Represented Litigants
  (April 2008)
• Recommendations for Alternative Dispute Resolution Services in Florida's Trial Courts (2008)
• Recommendations for the Provision of Court Reporting Services in Florida's Trial Courts (2007)
• Recommendations for Improving Governance and Operations for Appointed Counsel and Due Process Services: A Report to the Florida Legislature
  (2007)

For more reports from the Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability, go to the Publications Page.

Court Statistics and Workload Committee

In August 2007, the Supreme Court approved the creation of the Court Statistics and Workload Committee, under the Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability. This is a permanent Committee of circuit and county court judges, trial court administrators, general magistrates and hearing officers that oversees issues pertaining to the Summary Reporting System, Uniform Data Reporting System, and all other trial court data collection systems. In addition, it is responsible for addressing future data needs and workload related policy level questions. Click here for more information about the Court Statistics and Workload Committee.

Compendium of Standards of Operation and Best Practices

The Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability (TCP&A) has created this comprehensive online compendium of all standards of operation and best practices approved by the Supreme Court for elements of the trial courts. The compendium is organized by trial court element or topical area. In addition to the standards of operation and best practices, links are provided to applicable TCP&A reports, statutes, court rules, and other useful resources.

Circuit Profiles

Circuit Profiles is a publication created by the Trial Court Performance and Accountability Commission and the Office of the State Courts Administrator to provide court managers with access to a systematic collection of information on state funded programs within the Florida trial courts.  Currently, Circuit Profiles have been developed for the following programs:  Court Reporting Services, Court Interpreting Services, and Mediation Services.  Contained in each publication, for each of the twenty judicial circuits, is circuit specific information on program fiscal allotments, direct service staffing models, position titles, service coverage types and/or levels, contractual service provider rates, measurable workload outputs, and other logistical data. Please click here for more information

Trial Court Integrated Management Solution (TIMS)

A joint project of the Commission on Trial Court Performance and Accountability, the Court Statistics and Workload Committee, the Florida Courts Technology Commission, and the Steering Committee on Families and Children in the Courts, Trial Court Integrated Management Solution (TIMS) is focused on developing an automated solution that will address certain major needs of the trial court system and will advance the goals and strategies of the Long-Range Strategic Plan of the Florida Judicial Branch 2009-2015. For more information on TIMS, please click here.