James Sherman
Circuit Judge · Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge James Sherman across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Civil — Division AK
Courtroom 9.1208
On this assignment since June 8, 2026
Main Judicial Complex — 9.1208 / courtroom 9A
Hearings 30 minutes or less requested via Online Services; longer hearings by email.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 15th's own judges grid publishes assignment and phone facts but no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Verified against AO 11.101-06/2026 (signed 6/5/2026, eff. 6/8/2026 — fetched + sha256-hashed cb1b9451…, all 4 pages transcribed) and the live division instruction page (fetched + hashed 2026-07-22).
10 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 18 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 2, 2023–May 7, 2026) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating.
Schwistov Land Trust v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al.,
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Barbara Williams, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Elise Williams v. Palm Garden of West Palm Beach, LLC d/b/a Palm Garden of West Palm Beach
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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4 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division AK on continuances & cancellations.
5 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division AK on filing & notice deadlines.
3 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division AK on exhibits.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
18 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division AK on uniform motion calendar & special sets.
Judge Sherman caps UMC at two motions/10 minutes total per case and forbids stacking OLS slots to manufacture hearings longer than 30 minutes; one motion only per 15-minute special set.
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gus Fennell v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Therma Seal Roof Systems, LLC'S v. Windsor Parke at The Polo Club Homeowners Assoc., Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sophia Perialas v. Clell Warriner IV
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ashley Rierson v. Progressive Select Insurance Company
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Alexander Matias and Francheska Villanueva, as parent and guardian of M.N.M., a minor, et al., v. Roldan Borrego and Alexey Martinez Lemus
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Boca Chase Property Owners' Association, Inc. v. Andrew P. DeLucca
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jonas Auguste and Bernadine Auguste v. Nadege Ormelus
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
All Season's Joy LLC and Hill Top Missionary Baptist Church v. Frank Daniels
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jeannine Lara Maguire- Ress v. Brett Stettner, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MONIQUE POLLACK VS ALLIANT TITLE & ESCROW
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Monique Pollack v. Alliant Escrow Title Company
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James A. Frechter and Zheng Wang v. The Club at Ibis Property Owners Association, Inc., etc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert Allenby v. The Club at Admiral's Cove, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Paul Schumacher and Janice Schumacher v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Brett Stettner, et al v. Jeannine Lara Maguire-Ress
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lisa P. Wildstein v. American Strategic Insurance Corp.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AK Instructions (Judge Sherman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AK Instructions (Judge Sherman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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