Attorney Track Record

Paul S. Horning

Plotnick Law Offices·Senior Attorney / Head of Family Law

Handles complex

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 Cases137Dissolutions of record, Pinellas Clerk — all years

Active Last 12 Months9Cases filed in the last year

Years Licensed17Florida Bar

Final Judgments62Cases ending with a signed final judgment

Dismissed0Cases closed without a final judgment

Settlement Rate43.5%See caveat below — not a win rate

With Children23Cases involving custody and timesharing

Expert-Witness Cases20Cases with experts in the docket

Hearings—Docketed hearings across cases

Motions / Case3.5Average filings per case

Hillsborough Cases513th 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

Jack Helinger17 cases
Rebecca Hamilton15 cases
Elizabeth Jack12 cases
Frederick L. Pollack11 cases
Steve D. Berlin6 cases
David R. Ellis5 cases
Brian Gnage4 cases
Julie L. Sercus3 cases
Benjamin Thomas3 cases
Evan Frayman3 cases

+ 9 more judges with 11 additional appearances

Background

·Family law and criminal defense attorney at Plotnick Law in St. Petersburg, licensed in Florida since 2009 through the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law. As head of Plotnick Law's family law division, Mr. Horning handles divorce, paternity, custody modification, and domestic violence injunctions across Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Manatee counties.

J.D., University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law

90 Pinellas cases 2020-2026. 9 currently open, 8 reopened, 66 closed. Top 3 judges: Jack Helinger (17x), Rebecca Hamilton (15x), Elizabeth Jack (12x).