**Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard** was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida in June 2017. She is assigned to the Fort Pierce courthouse, presiding over cases from Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee, and Highlands counties. Before her judicial appointment, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting violent crimes, human trafficking, and white-collar fraud, and also served as Executive Director of the Roundtable of St. Lucie County. She began her legal career as a litigation associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Washington, D.C. and clerked for a federal district judge in Maryland. **Education** - Yale Law School, J.D., 2001 - Howard University, B.A., 1998 **Career** - Executive Director, Roundtable of St. Lucie County - Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida, 2007–2014 - Litigation Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, D.C., 2002–2007 - Law Clerk, Hon. Catherine C. Blake, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 2001
**Division:** Fort Pierce **Courthouse:** Alto Lee Adams, Sr. United States Courthouse, 101 South U.S. Highway 1, Fort Pierce, Florida 34950 **Courtroom:** Courtroom 4074 **Phone:** (772) 467-2320 **Chambers Staff** - Courtroom Deputy: Yvette Alexander, (772) 467-2315 office / (305) 607-3805 cell - Law Clerk (civil even numbers): Jessica Rodriguez - Law Clerk (civil odd numbers): Jean Strickland
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Parties must submit confidential settlement memoranda via email to chambers, not to be docketed.
The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Parties with settlement authority must personally attend; phone participation is not acceptable.
Parties may contact Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard's chambers by email only as allowed by the rule. Settlement conference scheduled for March 29, 2018 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom No. 4074, Fort Pierce, Florida.
Bundling is encouraged for covered papers before Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard. Settlement negotiations before conference are not required but encouraged.
Parties must submit confidential settlement memoranda via email to chambers, not to be docketed.
Settlement negotiations before conference are not required but encouraged.
Parties with settlement authority must personally attend; phone participation is not acceptable.
Settlement conference will use mediation format with joint session and private caucusing.
Settlement conference statements are confidential and inadmissible at trial.
Pre-settlement conference memoranda must be emailed to chambers by March 28, 2018 at 10:00 AM.
Settlement conference scheduled for March 29, 2018 at 2:00 PM in Courtroom No. 4074, Fort Pierce, Florida.