Our Proven Results
Decades of successful case outcomes for our clients
Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine and Trafficking in Cocaine, 400 grams or more
The client was serving a 20 year sentence after being convicted for Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine and Trafficking in Cocaine. We were able to get his conviction reversed and set for a new trial. The client had been under an investigation that had wiretaps, car trackers, hidden cameras and surveillance teams. The defense was able to completely discredit the investigation at a jury trial.
2025Trafficking in Fentanyl and Trafficking in Cocaine
The police observed the client throwing drugs out of the car window. The judge agreed to give a special instruction that temporary possession was insufficient proof of a crime, and the jury agreed that the client was not in possession of the drugs.
2025Sexual Battery
The client was charged with date rape on a foreign national. During the trial, the evidence showed that the victim had concocted the sexual assault for immigration purposes.
2024Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon
The police stopped the client in his truck and discovered that he was sitting on a firearm. The jury found that the firearm belonged to his wife and he did not know it was on the seat.
2024Attempted Murder
The client was involved in a road rage incident and stabbed his assailant. After a stand your ground hearing, the judge entered an order of dismissal.
2022White Collar Fraud
The client was accused of defrauding a homeowner who had paid several hundred thousand dollars for a construction project. At the jury trial, cross examination of the homeowner revealed that she had withheld documents from the police and lied about the terms of the contract. The judge dismissed the case.
2021DUI with Injuries
The client was involved in an accident and performed poorly on field sobriety exercises. Because the exercises were improperly given, the officers agreed that the results were invalid.
2020DUI
After an accident, the client left the scene while other drivers followed and described her as 'drunk'. She performed field sobriety exercises and, after arrest, refused a breath test.
2019Battery
A Lake County high school teacher was accused of molesting a student. When the case was reduced to battery, the State unable to prove that the acts were against the will of the student.
2017Trafficking & Possession of Cocaine
The police executed a search warrant and arrested the client at an apartment where large amounts of cocaine were hidden. The client gave a confession and his fingerprints were found on the packaging. At the jury trial, the defense showed that the confession was the result of police threats and also proved that the cocaine belonged to someone else.
2017Robbery
The client was arrested for stealing from Home Depot and struggling with security guards. The State charged one count of Robbery and filed for mandatory sentencing of 15 years in the event of a conviction. After a three-day trial, the court held that there was insufficient proof that the defendant had taken anything and there was no evidence that he had been the aggressor with regard to any force used.
2016Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine
The State's evidence in the case included a wiretap and also twenty-four-hour video surveillance. The trial court suppressed (threw out) the wiretap evidence and the State appealed. After the appellate court upheld the ruling the State proceeded to trial nonetheless with the video recordings and co-defendant testimony. The cross-examination of the main State witness showed him to be not credible.
2016Conspiracy & Trafficking in Cocaine
After a 9-month investigation that included multiple wiretaps and surveillance, the client was charged with conspiracy and trafficking in cocaine. At trial, the defense was able to discredit the entire investigation.
2016Conspiracy & Trafficking in Cocaine
The client's telephone was tapped in a lengthy investigation by MBI. After defects in the wiretap were exposed, the judge suppressed the evidence; however, the appellate court reversed. The case then went to trial; however, during the trial, objections by the defense succeeded in preventing the State from proving its case. As a result, the State dropped the case.
2016Pill Mill Charges
The State charged the owner of a Pain Clinic with conspiracy and trafficking charges after using confidential informants to purchase opiates and executing a search warrant on the business. After a five-day jury trial, the judge suppressed the client's statements and dismissed all of the charges for insufficient evidence.
2015First Degree Murder Charge
The client shot and killed her boyfriend in her home and after a search warrant uncovered additional evidence, she was charged with first-degree murder. The judge agreed that the search was illegal and, as a result, the evidence of premeditation was thrown out. The judge then dismissed the first-degree murder charge, but the state refiled second-degree murder. After an 11-day jury trial, the client was acquitted.
2014Triple Homicide
In a highly publicized case in Seminole County involving a shootout where three members of a biker gang were killed, the client was charged with three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. In a ten-day jury trial, the judge dismissed one count of murder. The client was found not guilty of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after the jury was convinced that he acted in self-defense.
2014Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer
The client was accused of attempting to run over a police officer with a car and was charged with a crime that carries a minimum of three years in prison. The jury acquitted the client of all felonies and found him guilty of a traffic offense of reckless driving.
2014Scheme to Defraud & Grand Theft
In a white-collar case, the client was charged with stealing $40,000 from his employer while he was employed as a bookkeeper. In an aggressive approach, the defense announced that it was ready for trial 20 days after the charges were filed. During the trial, the business-owner victim was completely discredited on cross-examination.
2014Possession of Drugs
The defendant was stopped for a traffic offense and admitted that drugs in the vehicle were for "personal use." At jury trial, the court dismissed the case because the State was unable to prove that the defendant legally possessed the drugs in that there was no evidence that he "controlled" them.
2013Bribery
The client was charged in federal court with two counts of bribery after several tape-recorded meetings with an ICE undercover agent. Although $10,000 was given to the agent, the jury was convinced that the client acted under the domination of her husband.
2012Grow House Cases
In three separate cases, the police got search warrants aimed at residences where cannabis was being cultivated. All of the search warrants were thrown out after the judge agreed that the police had illegally entered the property.
2012DUI & Resisting Arrest
The client refused to perform field sobriety exercises and did not take a breath test. Although the police claimed that she refused to obey their orders, the officer gave conflicting testimony on cross-examination.
2011Capital Sexual Battery
The defendant's niece claimed that he had molested her as a child approximately fifteen years ago and that she had informed family members about it at the time. At the trial, family members did confirm that it had been reported, but the alleged victim was otherwise completely discredited on cross-examination.
2010Trafficking in Heroin
The police executed a search warrant and apprehended the defendant with a significant amount of heroin in his pocket and also in his room. The defendant admitted that the heroin belonged to him. The jury agreed with the defense that the heroin in the room was not the defendant's and he received a significantly lesser sentence as a result.
2010BUI Manslaughter
The defendant was involved in a boating accident that involved the death of a person in the other boat. A blood test indicated that the defendant was over the legal limit. At trial, the defense was able to show that the defendant did not cause the accident and the jury acquitted him of BUI Manslaughter and found the defendant guilty of the misdemeanor of Boating Under the Influence (BUI).
2010Robbery, Aggravated Battery & Assault
The victims identified the client as having robbed them at gunpoint and pistol-whipped them during a home invasion. The client confessed. After a three-day trial, the jury agreed with the defense that the weapon was a BB pistol. The robbery charges were reduced and the remaining counts were reduced to misdemeanors.
2009Trafficking in Cocaine
The client and a codefendant met with a confidential informant and sold two ounces of cocaine. The client was the driver. After the jury was selected, the judge sustained an objection that prevented the State from calling a crucial witness. Rather than go forward, the State agreed to a sentence of two years of probation.
2009Attempted First Degree Murder/Kidnapping
During a meeting with his estranged wife in a crowded parking lot, the client confined her and attempted to slash her throat, inflicting several wounds. After a three-day jury trial, the jury found him guilty of the lesser crime of attempted second-degree murder. At sentencing, the judge considered expert psychological testimony about the client's mental state and imposed a significantly reduced sentence.
2008Aggravated Battery
While engaged in a struggle at a nightclub, the victim alleged that the client threw a glass at him and caused serious injury to his mouth. During cross-examination, the victim's credibility was successfully attacked.
2007Trafficking in Cocaine
The client was arrested while allegedly handing 500 grams of cocaine to a confidential informant. After the cross-examination of the informant during the trial, the prosecutor offered a sentence of probation. Because the minimum sentence was 15 years in prison, the client accepted.
2007Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Death
The charges arose from a tragic traffic accident where the client struck two pedestrians, causing a death. Although the client left the scene of the accident, he returned at a later time.
2007Attempted Murder
During a vacation in Central Florida, the client's wife called 911 and ran screaming from the hotel room covered with blood. The wife was cross-examined for two days and it was conclusively shown that she had concocted the entire crime in order to gain an advantage in divorce court. After a ten-day trial, the jury acquitted after one hour of deliberation.
2006Lewd and Lascivious Battery
The client was accused of molesting a young girl in a salon. After a two-day trial, the jury acquitted on all counts.
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