Coral Gables Criminal Defense Lawyer
If you have been charged with a crime in South Florida, what you do in the next few days matters. We defend DUI, drug, violent crime, and federal charges, challenge the government's evidence at every step, and prepare every case for trial. Free, confidential consultation.
Free consultation. No obligation.
Criminal defense across South Florida
When you're charged with a crime, your freedom, your record, and your livelihood are on the line. Our Coral Gables criminal defense team handles DUI, drug, and violent-crime charges, along with theft, white-collar, and other matters across South Florida. We defend cases in both state court and federal court, including the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The first question is what the State can actually prove.
Not every charge survives contact with the evidence. Some cases are won on a motion before trial, some are worth taking to a jury, and some are best resolved. In the first conversation I will tell you honestly which one yours looks like, including when the charge is one I would not be the right lawyer to try.
Most lawyers negotiate first and hope. I prepare for court from the start.
I have represented defendants in misdemeanor and felony cases in Florida state court, and in federal criminal court. I have also briefed and argued a suppression issue before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, in United States v. Jones, No. 14-0071/AR.
Before that I spent a decade in complex civil litigation, taking depositions and cross-examining the other side's experts in cases that ran for years. A criminal case moves faster and the stakes arrive sooner. The discipline is the same: find what the State cannot prove, and then make them try to prove it anyway.
A defense built around your case
Every case starts with an early investigation, witness interviews, and a focused plan, and you work directly with an attorney who protects what you say, and what's at stake, from the first call.
How we can help
Drug Charges Lawyer
Charged with a drug offense? We challenge illegal stops and searches, test the lab work, and pursue diversion, a reduction, or a dismissal, protecting your job and your future. Free consultation.
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DUI Defense Lawyer
Arrested for DUI? The clock is already running, you have 10 days to save your license. We challenge the stop and the testing, protect your record, and fight for a reduction or dismissal. Free consultation.
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Violent Crime and Felony Defense Lawyer
Charged with a violent felony? The State has to prove every element, and I make them do it. I build the self-defense and stand-your-ground case where the facts support it, file the motions to suppress, and try the case when that is what it takes. Free, confidential consultation.
Learn moreRooted in Coral Gables. Admitted throughout Florida.
The office is on Galiano Street, two blocks off Miracle Mile. Most of the work is close to it: Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and the Keys. We take cases anywhere in the state.
- Coral Gables
- Miami-Dade
- Broward
- Palm Beach
- The Florida Keys
- All of Florida
Talk to a Coral Gables attorney
Tell us what happened. We will tell you what deadlines are already running, what the matter is realistically worth, and whether we are the right firm for it. Including when the answer is no. Free consultation. No obligation.