Russell S. Roberts, Circuit Judge
Contact Information:
Holmes County
201 North Oklahoma Street
Bonifay, Florida 32425
(850) 547-1106
Judicial Assistant: Melanie Baggett
Judicial Experience:
Fourteenth Circuit January 2022 to Present
Judicial Assignment:
Holmes County Circuit Court
Bay County Family - Division F2
Administrative Family Law Judge (Circuit-wide)
Hague Convention Proceedings (Circuit-wide)
Legal Experience:
Roberts, Roberts & Roberts
Partner, 2001-2021
Public Defender's Office, Fourteenth Circuit
Assistant Public Defender (Part-Time), 1998-2021
State of Mississippi Court of Appeals
Law Clerk to Honorable Leslie H. Southwick
1997-1998
Professional Activities:
Florida Conference of Circuit Judges, Executive Committee, Treasurer, 2026 to Present
Florida Conference of Circuit Judges, Education Committee/Instructor, 2023 to Present
St. Andrews Bay Inn of Court, Member, 2023 to Present; President, 2024 to 2026
Bay County Teen Court Program, Volunteer Judge, 2023 to Present
Education:
Marianna High School with Honors, 1991
Samford University, BA in International Business and Spanish, Magna Cum Laude, 1994
University of Mississippi School of Law, JD, Cum Laude, 1997