Full Name:
Robert 'Bob' Doyel
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Chelle; 2 Children
Birth Place:
Shawnee, OK
Doctorate, Juridical Science, University of Wisconsin, 1987
Master's, Law, University of Wisconsin, 1985
JD, Law, University of Oklahoma, 1975
Bachelors, Business Administration, University of Oklahoma, 1967
Candidate, Florida State Senate, District 22, 2018
No caucus information on file.
Circuit Judge, 10th Circuit Court, 1994-2010
Administrative Judge, Family Division, 1997-2002; 2009-2010
Member, Domestic Violence Subcommittee, 2000-2009
Member, Supreme Court ADR Policy and Rules Committee, 2003-2009
Member, Steering Committee on Families and Children in the Courts, 2002-2005
Member, Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Parenting Coordination Rule, 2004-2005
Co-Chair, Faculty Planning Subcommittee, 2001-2004
Member, Project on Proposal for Mandatory Domestic Violence Education for Judges, 1999-2004
Member, Supreme Court ADR Policy Committee, 2001-2003
Member, Executive Committee, 2000-2002
Member, Family Court Steering Committee, 1998-2002
Co-Chair, Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on Implementation of Kayla McKean Act, 1999-2000
Vice Chair, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure, 1998-1999
Founder, Civil Domestic Violence Court, 1997
Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure, 1996-1997
Lieutenant, United States Navy Supply Corps, 1967-1972
Member, Polk County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team, 2012-present
Member, Polk County Domestic Violence Task Force, 1997-present
Founding Board Member/Former President, Ritz Theater 100
Chair, Polk County Domestic Violence Task Force, 2008-2011
Awards:
Navy Achievement Medal with Combat "V" for service in Vietnam 1968-1969
Governor's Peace at Home Award
Jurist of the Year, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Florida Chapter)
Judicial Recognition Award, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Navy Achievement Medal with Combat "V" for service in the Vietnam War
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Exercise and fitness
Names of Grandchildren:
2
Publications:
The Baby Mama Syndrome: Unwed Parents, Intimate Partners, Romantic Rivals, and the Rest of Us (2014)
Baby Mama Syndrome Violence: Stalking, Domestic Violence, and Murder (nearing completion)
Offsides! How NO MORE Used Ray Rice and the NFL to Hijack the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Movements (in progress)
Children of the Baby Mama Syndrome (in progress)