By administrative order on December 3, 2013, Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit, which encompasses Miami-Dade County, established an international commercial arbitration subsection to hear all international commercial arbitration cases, with immediate effect. Miami has become an important venue in international arbitration proceedings. The administrative decision recognizes that international commercial arbitration is a specialized area of the law, and that judges who are trained in that area are best equipped to decide such matters.

This decision comes soon after the New York State Supreme Court for New York County, the state court of general jurisdiction for Manhattan, issued a similar administrative order. The New York order, issued in September 2013, designated one judge to handle all international commercial arbitration matters brought before the court.

Together, these administrative decisions reflect the growing importance of international commercial arbitration and the recognition in some courts that specially-trained judges may be best suited to hear such matters.