Judge Maxine Cheesman

Maxine Cheesman is a Circuit Judge of Florida’s Fifteenth Judicial Circuit serving Palm Beach County. Her current assignment is Circuit Civil Division AJ at the Daniel T.K. Hurley Courthouse. The listed judicial assistant is Monique Harris and the court telephone number is 561-355-7552. Sources: Fifteenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Maxine Cheesman, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit divisions

Cheesman was elected in November 2018 and began service on January 8, 2019. Before joining the bench she practiced law privately and spent 25 years in a scientific career with the South Florida Water Management District. Her supplied education records list a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of the West Indies, an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Miami, and a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University. Sources: Fifteenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Maxine Cheesman, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit newsletter, January–March 2019

The packet identifies Cheesman as the first Jamaican-American woman elected to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit bench in 2018 and records a Palm Beach County Justice Association Jurist of Year award without supplying a year to add here. Sources: Fifteenth Judicial Circuit court history — firsts, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit — Maxine Cheesman announcement

Division AJ returned its E-Calendar Call on May 6, 2026. The supplied instructions distinguish Uniform Motion Calendar and case-management-conference scheduling from special sets, require a joint special-set request with specified case and availability information, and address service of orders, hearing materials, ex parte communications, briefing, and discovery motions. Sources: Division AJ instructions