About Maxine Derkatch
Maxine Derkatch has been an attorney for over 29 years and practices primarily in the fields of adoption, juvenile, and family law. A graduate of Brooklyn College and New York Law School, Maxine is a member of the Florida and New York Bars. She was also a teacher in the New York City public schools system. Maxine has extensive experience as an investigative attorney and a prosecutor, and has represented the State of Florida in child abuse and neglect cases. Maxine and her husband are the proud adoptive parents of a 14 year old daughter from Chile.