Judge Jessica Recksiedler serves Florida’s 18th Judicial Circuit and has heard wide-ranging cases within the Civil/Family Division before returning to the criminal division. A member of the Central Florida Association of Women Lawyers, she has been selected as Co-Jurist of the Year by the organization. Judge Jessica Recksiedler served on the state court’s Judicial Needs Assessment Committee and currently serves on the Florida Conference for Circuit Judges Executive Committee as the Civil Justice Committee co-chair.
Ms. Recksiedler has an extensive background in private practice and has handled complex matters of commercial, probate, construction, and insurance law. She also represented clients in criminal defense cases, knowledge that has served her in presiding over Felony Criminal Division cases within the 18th Judicial Circuit.
Committed to sharing her legal expertise with those of limited financial means, she has presented at the Brevard County Legal Aid Pro Bono Awards. Ms. Recksiedler has long served as lector with the Annunciation Church and counseled newly engaged couples within the FOCCUS program.
She holds a juris doctor earned at the Stetson University College of Law and has been board certified in Civil Trial Law since 2007.