Clerk by the numbers
Documents filed, paper: 1,183,958
Documents filed, eFile: 1,073,239
View on Request processed: 325,062
Marriage licenses issued: 4,852
Electronic payments:59,325
Jody Phillips took office as the new Duval County Clerk of Courts on Jan. 4.
Elected in November to succeed term-limited Clerk Ronnie Fussell, Phillips was sworn in on the steps of the Duval County Courthouse after working inside the building in the clerk’s office for nearly eight years.
Phillips, 58, was in the highway construction business for 25 years before Fussell hired him in April 2013 a few months after taking office for his first term.
For the three years leading up to his election, Phillips was the clerk’s chief operating officer. He helped guide the staff of more than 300 people through the challenges created when the COVID-19 pandemic closed the courthouse to the public.