As part of the Daily Business Review’s coverage of the primary election set for Aug. 28, here’s part of a series of Q&As with South Florida candidates running for judgeships.

Lawyer and scientist Maxine Diane Cheesman, former state prosecutor Marybel Reinoso Coleman and Assistant Public Defender Joseph “Joe” Maryuma are running for Palm Beach Circuit judge, Group 18. Here’s what they had to say about what qualifies them for the bench. Responses have been edited for style and content.


Maxine Diane Cheesman