Circuit Court Judge Samantha Schosberg Feuer, a native Floridian, was born and raised in Miami. After graduating from Tufts University, she obtained her J.D. from the University of Florida Law School. Samantha has always had a passion for public service, leadership, and community service, starting in high school, when she was high school president, captain of the state champion track and cross-country teams, and spent her weekends volunteering at Miami Children’s Hospital. At the University of Florida, Samantha served as the law school Senator, President of the John Marshall Bar Association, was a Member of Florida Blue Key, and since graduation, has served on the Law Alumni Council. Samantha also mentors UF law students through the Ethos of Excellence scholarship program. Learning the importance of giving back to the community at a young age, from her mother, who was a teacher, Samantha returned to South Florida after law school and advocated for victims of violent crime as a prosecutor in both Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. Then, as the South Florida Bureau Chief of the Economic Crime Unit at the Florida Attorney General’s office, Samantha assisted in recovering millions of dollars for victims of mortgage, timeshare and consumer fraud. Prior to the bench, Samantha was a commercial litigator at Akerman LLP, handling civil prosecutions of insurance fraud. Samantha is bilingual as she speaks both English and Spanish.

In 2014, Samantha was elected Circuit Judge for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit where she served her first three years in the Criminal Division, presiding over 100 jury trials and was subsequently re-elected in 2020 without opposition. She sat in the Family/Probate/Guardianship Division in the South County Courthouse for two and a half years, the Civil Division for over two years and now presides in the Probate/Guardianship Division.

Samantha’s passion for mentoring women is the driving force behind her community involvement. While pregnant with her daughter, Samantha co-founded the Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County investing and advocating in women and girls to assist with their economic, political, and social status. Through the Women's Foundation, Samantha started the Girls Leadership Institute (GLI) providing leadership training for at-risk girls and the Road to the Bench program, which trains and assists women interested in running for office.

Samantha is active in the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL) at both the state and local levels. In 2018, Samantha was honored the FAWL Jurist of the Year Award. In 2010, as President of Palm Beach County FAWL, Samantha emphasized the need for women to “Get a Seat at the Table” and strive for leadership roles, elected office and managerial/executive positions. Samantha served on the State FAWL board and currently serves as the FAWL Judicial Liaison connecting the judiciary with current female lawyers for mentorship. She was previously active on the board of the Leukemia Lymphoma Society as her mother passed away in 2005 from complications with Leukemia. Samantha is a lifetime member of Hadassah and was recognized as South Florida's Legal Elite, won the AJC Women of Valor award in 2012, the Chamber of Commerce Athena Award in 2014 and the South Palm Beach County FAWL Woman Lawyer of the Year Award and Justice Pariente Award in 2015.

Samantha has served for the past 10 years as the Chair of the Pro Bono Circuit Committee for Palm Beach County and previously served on the board of the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches. She was appointed to the Florida Bar Standing Committee for Diversity and Inclusion and served from 2012-2018 and then was appointed to the Florida Bar Standing Committee for Mental Health and Wellness and speaks regularly to groups about mental health issues facing the legal profession, including judges, and avenues to handle those issues. She was previously appointed as the judicial representative to the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission Reentry Task Force from 2016-2018. In 2018, Samantha was appointed by the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners to the Palm Beach County Advisory Commission on Women and was reappointed in 2022. In the summer of 2020, Samantha served as an associate judge at the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

Samantha organized the inaugural Palm Beach County Ethical Governance Day in 2018 in conjunction with the Palm Beach County School Board. At Ethical Governance Day events, public officials, judges, attorneys and local government leaders shared their knowledge and personal career paths with high school seniors explaining the differences between city, state and local government, with an emphasis on ethical and transparent government. This program has continued for the past 4 years and has been replicated in 10 other high schools around Palm Beach County to instill in students the importance of civic duties such as voting and jury service.

Samantha often serves on panels and webinars and participates in speaking engagements regarding various legal topics, professionalism and ethics, criminal and family law, health and wellness in the legal profession. Samantha also frequently speaks at local schools, career day events, at Constitution and Law Day events, and Boys and Girl Scout troops about the importance of our constitution and justice system. Samantha has co-chaired the annual Take Your Child to Work Day event at the Palm Beach County Courthouse. Samantha also judges law school mock trials and moot court competitions and teaches at Florida Judicial College. This summer, she was honored to preside over the FAU Criminal Justice Summer Camp Mock Trial and in the past has spoken to the FAU Pre-law Society and Phi Alpha Delta.

Samantha is also dedicated assisting working parents in their quest to balance work and family. In that vein, she assisted in obtaining Nursing Rooms in all four Palm Beach County Courthouses, which served as the first wave of nursing rooms in Florida courts for lawyers, jurors and courthouse staff.

In addition, in 2020, Samantha was awarded the South County Bar Jurist of the Year Award for her ethics and dedication to the legal profession and in 2022 was awarded the Palm Beach County Bar Association Mentorship Award as well as the University of Florida Florida Blue Key Myra F. Morgan Outstanding Mentorship Award for mentoring young lawyers in the community. Then, in 2022 was awarded Jurist of the Year awards from both the Palm Beach County Justice Association and the American Board of Trial Attorney (ABOTA). In 2023, Samantha was honored with the Civility Award from Temple Beth El of Boca Raton.

In furtherance of her passion for teaching students, Samantha brought the Reading and Robes Program to the Palm Beach County Bar in conjunction with the National Judicial Council (NJC), where judges to read law-related books to elementary students at their schools in their judicial robes. This is a legal learning experience for the students, but also gives judges the opportunity to give back to the community and encourages students to understand the role of judges and the jury trial system. Samantha also started a summer pre-law internship program courthouse in 2021, which now hosts 12 interns each summer, and spearheaded the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL) mentoring program, matching younger lawyers with more experienced lawyers.

Samantha lives with her husband Leonard, (also an attorney) and her two children, Sophia and Jack, who are 17 and 14, her two dogs, and a cat. In her spare time, Samantha exercises and plays tennis, likes to read and watch movies, and enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.