Judge Susan Miller-Jones

Judge Miller-Jones smiling wearing her black judge robes and white pearl necklace

Judge Susan Miller-Jones

The Code of Judicial Conduct governing behavior by judges forbids the judges of the Eighth Judicial Circuit to discuss pending cases with the public. Please do not call the Court expecting to speak with a Judge about any case. If you have a comment to make, please mail it to the Clerk’s Office in the appropriate county. Please keep in mind that the Court is only allowed to consider arguments made in court and documents filed by actual parties to the case. They cannot ethically read or consider any other opinions or arguments about the case, and they cannot give legal advice. Thank you.

Current Assignment

Alachua County Court Judge: December 2014 – Present
Administrative Judge – Alachua County Court: July 2023 – Present

Alachua: County Criminal Division II (H-N)
Alachua: Division VII (Drug Court)
Alachua: Division IX (Misdemeanor Mental Health)
Alachua: Civil Traffic

Alachua County Canvassing Board

Previous Assignment

Alachua: County Court Civil Division

Gilchrist: Circuit Civil, Mortgage Foreclosures, Probate, Extraordinary Writs, Mental Health, Family, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Dependency, Juvenile Delinquency

Levy: Circuit Civil, Mortgage Foreclosures, Probate, Extraordinary Writs, Mental Health, Family, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Dependency

Office

Judge Stephan P. Mickle, Sr. Criminal Courthouse
220 South Main Street, Room A203
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: (352) 384-3048

Judicial Assistant

Karen Brake
BrakeK@circuit8.org

Divisional Instructions

AI IN THE COURTS

If any attorney for a party, or a pro se party, has used Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the preparation of any complaint, answer, motion, brief, or other paper filed with the Court, and assigned to Judge Miller-Jones, MUST, in a clear and plain factual statement disclose that AI has been used in any way in the filing, and CERTIFY, that each and every citation to the law or the record in the paper has been verified as accurate

Judge Miller-Jones’ Division Procedures
Alachua County Criminal Division II (H-N): Proposed Orders
Alachua County Criminal Division II (H-N): Setting Hearings

Alachua County Criminal Division II (H-N): Pre-Trial Motions
All Pre-Trial Motions shall be filed and heard at least ten (10) business days prior to Jury Selection.

Alachua County Criminal Division II (H-N):  Trial Cases
Defendants must be present at the hearing when a case is set for trial.

Memberships/Civic Organizations

Florida Bar
FAWL – Florida Association for Women Lawyers
Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association:

  • Diversity Roundtable/AI & Law Committee
  • Panelist/Speaker Professional Seminar
  • Annual Dinner Committee

Alachua County Canvassing Board, Chair
Alachua County Citizen’s Academy Speaker/Presenter
Alachua County Public Safety Coordinating Council Committee
Alachua County Schools Volunteer:

  • Commencement Speaker
  • Career Day
  • Civic Class Speaker
  • Reading to class

Teen Court Evening Judge – Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
Statewide Judicial Time Study Committee
Conference of County Court Judges of Florida Committee:

  • Traffic Rules Committee, Chair
  • Criminal Rules Committee
  • Canvassing Board – Ad Hoc Committee
  • Community Outreach Committee
  • Judicial Assistant Committee
  • Civic Rules/Small Claims Rules Committee
  • Facility Trained

Education

Juris Doctor: University of Florida College of Law, 1998
Bachelor of Arts: Criminal Justice, Florida International University, 1992