Wayne Culver
Culver has served as a Seminole County judge since 2021, handling criminal and civil divisions, and says he currently carries more than 4,000 civil cases and resolves about 1,200 cases a month. He was an assistant state attorney in Brevard County from 2001 to 2004 and then practiced privately in Seminole County from 2004 to 2009 in criminal, family, bankruptcy, dependency, civil litigation and real estate matters. In November 2024 the Florida Supreme Court suspended him for 60 days without pay and publicly reprimanded him for abusive and intemperate conduct in two 2022 court proceedings.
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- On November 27, 2024 the Florida Supreme Court suspended Culver for 60 days without pay and publicly reprimanded him after the Judicial Qualifications Commission found he engaged in abusive and intemperate behavior in two February 2022 proceedings, including a profane outburst at a defendant and mishandling a contempt hearing. The court wrote that his behavior toward one defendant 'was so unacceptable, and so potentially corrosive of public confidence in the judiciary, as to render Judge Culver a candidate for removal from the bench,' and directed him to continue mental-health counseling and anger and stress management treatment.
- At an August 2026 candidate forum he said judging is '90% people skills and it's 10% legal skills' and gave context for the 2024 discipline, saying he was his father's sole caregiver at the time.
- Assistant state attorney, Brevard County (2001-2004); private practice in Seminole County (2004-2009) in criminal, family, bankruptcy, dependency, civil litigation and real estate; county judge since 2021, currently with over 4,000 civil cases and about 1,200 cases resolved per month.