Meet Circuit Judge Robert Segal

1991 – 1993 – Summer Associate for attorney Jeffrey Weiner, Esq. (then President, National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers)– Miami, FL
1993 – 1996 – Assistant Public Defender – Brevard County, FL
1996 – 2014 – private practitioner – Golub & Segal, PA, Law Offices of Robert A Segal, PA – trial attorney – family law and criminal defense
2014 – 2018 – General Magistrate – family division Circuit Court, 18^th Judicial Circuit, Brevard County, FL
2018 – Present – Circuit Judge, 18^th Judicial Circuit, Brevard County, FL

As a Judge:

Eight (8) years as a Circuit Judge in the family and criminal divisions of the circuit court
Administrative Family Division Judge – supervises three (3) Judges, three (3) General Magistrates, and one (1) Hearing Officer
Administrative Appellate Division Judge
Re-wrote Brevard County family division procedures to promote uniformity and more expedient resolution of cases
Wrote several provisions of visitation/timesharing guidelines now used by the court, attorneys, and litigants
Served on committee to establish procedures to manage court operations during COVID
Supervises Adult Drug Court – promoting the reduction in local crime rates by treating drug addiction
Certified by Office of State Court Administration as a Mentor Judge – helping to teach Judges to be Judges
Member: Florida Bar, Family Law Section Rules Committee – drafts rules and forms for statewide use by courts, attorneys, and litigants
Drafted forms for use by court in Baker Act and Marchman Act proceedings
Recipient: 2026 John Antoon II Award of Judicial Excellence

As an attorney:

More than twenty-three (23) years of trial experience
Represented clients at all levels of state court – County, Circuit, District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court
In federal court, represented clients in international child abduction cases referred by the United States Department of State
Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator
Speaker: Symposium on Legal Professionalism
Regular presenter to the Brevard Paralegal Association

Scoutmaster and Committee Chair, Souts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) Troop 285
Waterway Warriors – committed to keeping Brevard County’s waterways clean

On August 18, vote to re-elect Circuit Judge Robert Segal

Political advertisement paid for and approved by Robert Segal for Circuit Judge, 18^th Judicial Circuit, Group 4, Non-partisan