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Attorney Track Record

Stephanie Willis

Willis Law and Mediation·Managing Attorney
Very activeHandles complex
#28 of 108Highest Settlement Rate#7 of 143Most 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 Cases148Dissolutions of record, Pinellas Clerk — all years
Active Last 12 Months23Cases filed in the last year
Years Licensed9Florida Bar
Final Judgments61Cases ending with a signed final judgment
Dismissed5Cases closed without a final judgment
Settlement Rate52.5%See caveat below — not a win rate
With Children56Cases involving custody and timesharing
Expert-Witness Cases24Cases with experts in the docket
HearingsDocketed hearings across cases
Motions / Case3.0Average 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

+ 5 more judges with 5 additional appearances

Background

  • ·Florida licensed attorney at Willis Law and Mediation, in Palm Harbor, Pinellas County, Florida. (FL Bar #1002896). Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator.

J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School (J.D.)

Florida Supreme Court certified family law mediator; scholarships including Bill & Ann Shepherd Legal Scholarship, Hattie Bratzel Kremen Memorial Scholarship.

122 Pinellas cases 2020-2026. 19 currently open, 11 reopened, 79 closed. Top 3 judges: Frederick L. Pollack (32x), David R. Ellis (27x), William H. Burgess III (15x).

Head-to-Head

Most frequent opposing counsel in Pinellas dissolution cases, 2020–2026 · Outcome splits are docket counts from public records

Heather Gurley2 cases together
1 final judgment · 1 dismissed

50% FJ, 50% dismissed across 2 cases. No dominant pattern.

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K. Dean Kantaras2 cases together
1 final judgment · 1 dismissed

2 cases with mixed outcomes — no dominant pattern.

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Kathryn Collier2 cases together
1 final judgment · 1 dismissed

50% FJ, 50% dismissed across 2 cases. No dominant pattern.

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Sean A. Costis2 cases together
1 final judgment · 1 dismissed

2 cases with mixed outcomes — no dominant pattern.

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Based on 148 public Pinellas County court records, 2020–2026 · Data updated May 8, 2026 · How these rankings work