Jan 28, 2021 By Jim Ash Senior Editor Top Stories Chief Justice Charles Canady Judges, lawyers, and their judicial partners have worked diligently to respond to COVID-19, but a significant backlog of cases is looming, Chief Justice Charles Canady told lawmakers. The chief justice and Clay County Court Clerk and Comptroller Tara Green, president the Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers, delivered a pandemic update to a January 26 meeting of the House Judiciary Committee. Justice Canady said that since March, the courts installed 1,700 Zoom licenses and conducted more than 400,000 videoconference hearings and other proceedings. “Largely through remote proceedings, trial courts in Florida are on track to dispose of a projected 2.8 million cases in Fiscal Year 2020-21,” Canady said.