Attorney Track Record

Laurie Sweet

The Law Offices of Yeazell and Sweet·Partner/Shareholder

VeteranVery activeHandles complex

#5 of 143 — Most Active

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 Cases84Dissolutions of record, Pinellas Clerk — all years

Active Last 12 Months24Cases filed in the last year

Years Licensed26Florida Bar

Final Judgments31Cases ending with a signed final judgment

Dismissed2Cases closed without a final judgment

Settlement Rate25.8%See caveat below — not a win rate

With Children28Cases involving custody and timesharing

Expert-Witness Cases21Cases with experts in the docket

Hearings—Docketed hearings across cases

Motions / Case2.7Average filings per case

Hillsborough Cases2413th 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

David R. Ellis15 cases
Frederick L. Pollack10 cases
Jack Helinger7 cases
Evan Frayman6 cases
William H. Burgess III6 cases
Julie L. Sercus6 cases
Steve D. Berlin5 cases
Rebecca Hamilton4 cases
Aaron W. Hubbard3 cases
Elizabeth Jack3 cases

+ 10 more judges with 12 additional appearances

Background

·University of South Florida B.A. in Criminology and Psychology cum laude 1996
·Stetson University College of Law J.D. cum laude 2000
·State judicial intern for the Sixth Judicial Circuit during law school
·Public and private sector litigation in family, criminal, and civil matters

J.D., Stetson University College of Law

·Current memberships include ABA
·Hillsborough and Pinellas bar groups
·middle district admission

77 Pinellas cases 2020-2026. 3 currently open, 22 reopened, 50 closed. Top 3 judges: David R. Ellis (15x), Frederick L. Pollack (10x), Jack Helinger (7x).