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Attorney Track Record

Catherine Day Hult

JL Law PLLC·Attorney
Veteran

Track Record

Objective counts from Pinellas County dissolution-of-marriage court records, 2020–2026. Em dashes mean the value is not available in public records.

Pinellas Cases33Dissolutions of record, Pinellas Clerk — all years
Active Last 12 Months0Cases filed in the last year
Years Licensed25Florida Bar
Final Judgments7Cases ending with a signed final judgment
Dismissed0Cases closed without a final judgment
Settlement Rate42.9%See caveat below — not a win rate
With Children11Cases involving custody and timesharing
Expert-Witness Cases6Cases with experts in the docket
HearingsDocketed hearings across cases
Motions / Case1.4Average filings per case
Hillsborough Cases213th Circuit dissolutions of record, all years — secondary circuit

Settlement rate: Share of final judgments with a settlement agreement in the docket. Dismissals are not counted as settlements, and most private settlements never appear in dockets.

Judge Experience

Appearances before each Pinellas County judge, from case assignments in court records

Background

  • ·Admitted to the Florida Bar in 2001
  • ·also admitted in Illinois (1994). Practice areas include family law (divorce, paternity, marital agreements), estate planning, real property/probate/trust, and guardianship. Member of St. Petersburg Bar Association (Marital & Family Law section) and Clearwater Bar Association.
  • ·St. Petersburg Bar Association (Marital & Family Law section)
  • ·Clearwater Bar Association

33 Pinellas cases 2020-2026. 0 currently open, 4 reopened, 29 closed. Top 3 judges: Julie L. Sercus (6x), Rebecca Hamilton (6x), David R. Ellis (5x).

Based on 33 public Pinellas County court records, 2020–2026 · Data updated May 8, 2026 · How these rankings work