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Maxine Cheesman
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 Maxine Cheesman across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Civil — Division AJ
Courtroom 11.1215
On this assignment since June 8, 2026
Monique Harris
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Main Judicial Complex — 11.1215 / courtroom 11D
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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.
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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).
12 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 35 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 5, 2020–July 8, 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.
Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC v. Peruvian Avenue Corporation
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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9 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division AJ on proposed orders & online scheduling.
Judge Cheesman requires proposed orders in Word via Online Services within 24 hours of the ruling — no date or signature line, with names and addresses of all copy recipients.
HECTOR J. TORRES RIOS VS REBECA ARIAS
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Ronda Ellis v. Titan Restoration Construction, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
WENDY REED vs MATTHEW CULPEPPER
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Palm Beach Polo Holdings, Inc. v. Wellington Acquisition, LLC and Ethrensa Family Trust Company
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Elilton Alves Gouveia v. Meridian Financial Investments, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
George Botelho and Inna Botelho v. DMA Roofing Corporation, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CYNTHIA PRINCE VS ALIX HONORE,
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Scott Zankl v. Kenneth J. Goodman, as Trustee of the DCG 2008 Irrevocable Wealth Trust, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
George Botelho and Inna Botelho v. S&M Fam Enterprise, LLC, et al
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lovelie Rondeau, Joslin Josma, et al v. School Board of Palm Beach County, M Maia Lawn and Landscape Services, Inc.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lee's Crossing Homeowner's Association, Inc. v. John C. Becker
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOHN T. KENNEDY vs ALISON KENNEDY
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL EDWARD CASSADAY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cary Portner v. Gil Koppel and Aleksandra Koppel
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
REBECCA ROMERO vs ADRIAN BRABHAM
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JUAN CARLOS JULIA vs MARTHA JULIA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Town of Jupiter v. Sally Armes
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
STEPHEN WECHSLER VS WYCLIFFE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB HOMEOWNERS' ASSOC. INC. and
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James M. Arsenault v. Town of Jupiter
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
IVY KOGAN VS LESLIE HERRERO
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GUILLERMO HUETE VS THELMA HUETE-SIERRA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Anne-Laure Michelis v. Gina Nugent
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Get Liquid Funding, LLC., et al., v. Zanne Goldwire
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Eric Lamaze, et al. v. Lorna M. Guthrie, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Grace Norwich v. Robert Scarmazzo and AM PM Investments 2, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILL TWIGG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REBECCA ROMERO vs ADRIAN BRABHAM
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jackie Stetson v. U.S. Bank Trust, et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Eric Lamaze v. Lorna M. Guthrie and The Rein Family, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Corporation v. Richard Close and Svetlana
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NASHIKA T. OGILVIE vs DUENNEE OGILVIE
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Malik Hamid Zaman v. Broward, Palm Beaches, and St. Lucie Realtors, Inc., et al.
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc. v. Ray Wilson
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Doug Schroer v. Crumdale Partners, LLC
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AJ Instructions (Judge Cheesman). 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 AJ Instructions (Judge Cheesman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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