Circuit Judge Michael S. Orfinger was elected to the bench in 2014. He earned his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1989 and worked in private practice before concentrating on mediation, arbitration, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He currently hears civil cases at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand.

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