--- title: "Danielle Sherriff | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/danielle-sherriff" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-28" --- # Danielle Sherriff Florida Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court · Circuit Civil Judge, Division AO ## Profile - Court: Florida Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court - State: Florida - Role: Circuit Civil Judge, Division AO - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-28 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### electronic exhibits and demonstratives Scope: judge specific Judge Sherriff requires intended trial exhibits, evidence, and demonstratives in advance as a bookmarked PDF. Evidence excerpt: The parties shall provide copies of all intended exhibits, evidence or demonstratives to the Court in advance in a bookmarked .pdf format [Danielle Sherriff, Division AO Instructions](https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/ao/instructions) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### media and still photography Scope: statewide Electronic media and still-photography coverage is allowed in Florida public trial and appellate proceedings under Rule 2.450's equipment and conduct standards, always subject to the presiding judge's control of decorum, distractions, and fair administration. Evidence excerpt: Subject at all times to the authority of the presiding judge to: (i) control the conduct of proceedings before the court; (ii) ensure decorum and prevent distractions; and (iii) ensure the fair administration of justice in the pending cause, electronic media and still photography coverage of public judicial proceedings in the appellate and trial courts of this state shall be allowed [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.15thcircuit.com/judges) - [Official roster](https://www.15thcircuit.com/judges) - [Florida Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court official judicial roster](https://www.15thcircuit.com/judges) - [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450) - [Danielle Sherriff, Division AO Instructions](https://www.15thcircuit.com/division/ao/instructions) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/danielle-sherriff", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/danielle-sherriff", "name": "Danielle Sherriff | KnowJudges", "description": "Danielle Sherriff, Florida Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court. 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(2008) - B.S. in Criminal Justice from Florida International University ### Additional information - Currently assigned to the Civil Division, presiding over cases including insurance claims and other civil matters. - Originally from Queens, New York, Judge Sherriff resided in Boynton Beach, Florida, at the time of her appointment. - Judge Sherriff has been actively involved in the legal and local community. - She has also been a mentor for high school and law school students, regularly speaking on law, ethics, and civics, and has served on boards such as Scholar Career Coaching, Family Promise, and the Women’s Foundation of Florida - Her extensive trial experience includes over 100 jury and non-jury trials, primarily felonies, covering cases such as DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, burglaries, robberies, sexual batteries, and attempted homicides. - She also practiced personal injury litigation before her judicial appointment - She has held the role of President of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers and the F. Malcolm Cunningham Sr. ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-f9444c394a89ab9f4ffde994) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450). Collected 2026-07-26.