Jennifer D. Bailey 

An expert problem solver, Judge Bailey spent most of her career in the Civil Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit where she managed a Complex Business Litigation docket for over a decade.  She also presided over long-duration trials whose onerous demands exceeded the capacity of any one division, including everything from tobacco product liability trials to the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse cases. During her time on the bench, Judge Bailey conducted over one thousand (1,000) trials. She is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Construction and Commercial Litigation panels.  

Judge Bailey served as Administrative Judge of the Circuit Civil Division for more than fourteen (14) years at the request of four different Chief Judges. She led the Eleventh Judicial Circuit through many of the most consequential moments in the recent history of our judicial system. She quarterbacked the great judicial pivot to Zoom during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and worked closely with the trial bar to resume jury trials as soon as it was safe to do so. Prior to that, Judge Bailey led the system-wide transformation from paper to digital filings and, relatedly, she directed the development of CourtMAP – the one-stop digital interface for all court users. In addition, Judge Bailey spearheaded the establishment of Miami’s International Arbitration Court.  Perhaps most notably, Judge Bailey, along with Chief Judge Bertila Soto, was at the forefront of the successful effort to secure, develop, and construct a new, safe, and modern courthouse for Miami-Dade County, scheduled to open next year. 

Judge Bailey is a national expert on case management. In addition to her law practice, private judging and alternative dispute resolution, Bailey keeps busy teaching and consulting with various court systems on court leadership and how to innovate, deploy technology and improve judicial efficiency, frequently working with the National Center for State Courts as a Senior Judicial Advisor.  She is often consulted on cutting edge issues such as data quality, change management, and AI in the justice system.  She earned her L.L.M. in Judicial Studies from Duke University School of Law in 2018 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law.