Judge Michelle Sisco Wikipedia, Age, Husband, Salary

Michelle Sisco Biography – Michelle Sisco Wiki

Michelle Sisco is a judge of the 13th Circuit Court in Hillsborough County, Florida. She is currently assigned to Trial Division I, handling both civil and criminal jury trials and to Criminal Division J, handling post-conviction relief matters.

Judge Sisco was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to both the County Court bench in August of 2002 and to the Circuit Court bench in October of 2005. She has presided over courts in County Criminal, County Civil, Family Law, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Delinquency, Circuit Criminal, and Circuit Civil.

Judge Sisco is a graduate of H.B. Plant High School. She received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government from Vanderbilt University in 1988 and her J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1991.

After graduating from law school, Judge Sisco became an assistant state attorney with the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted thousands of cases, including capital murder, and became the deputy chief of a felony division.

Judge Sisco left the State Attorney’s Office in 1998 to become an associate with the law firm of Trombley & Hanes, P.A, which specializes in white-collar criminal defense work.

Judge Sisco is Board-Certified in Criminal Trial Practice and is a former legal intern for United States District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich.

Age

Judge Michelle Sisco was born in 1967 in Fort Myers to parents Paul Peden and Gayle Brohard Frederick. Her family moved to Tampa when she started high school.

Michelle Sisco Husband

Judge Michelle Sisco is married to attorney Paul Sisco. They have been married since 2003. The couple celebrated 22 years of marriage in 2025.

Family

Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Michelle Sisco and her husband, Paul Sisco, have two children, born in 2005 and 2007.

Salary

Circuit judge Michelle Sisco receives an annual salary of more than $145,080.