Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• White Collar Crimes
• Criminal Appeals
• Criminal Defense
• Federal Criminal Law
• Drug Crimes
• Juvenile
• Sexual Assault
• Misdemeanors

Honors and Awards

• Recipient, Heeney Memorial Award, 1988
• The Tobias Simon Pro-Bono Award, 1997
• Steven M. Goldstein Criminal Justice Award, 2002
• CFACDL, 2002 Joseph W. Durocher Footsoldier of the Constitution Award
• Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Published Works

• "Incompetency And Insanity Proceedings", Florida Pretrial Practice, The Florida Bar, CLE, 1987
• "Controlling Publicity and Other Means of Ensuring Fair Trial, Florida Defense of Criminal Actions", 1967
• "Pretrial Procedures and Motions, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure", 1968
• The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Project, (Co-Author, Irwin Paul Mandelkern)
• "The Speedy Trial Act of 1974: A Trap for the Unwary Practitioner", 2 National Journal of Criminal Defense, 1976

Representative Cases

• Gustafson v. Florida, 414 U.S. 260, 94 S.Ct. 488 (1973)
• Gustafson v. Florida, 38 L.Ed.2d 456 (1973)
• Coppolino v. State, 223 So.2d 68 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968)
• Turner v. State, 283 So.2d 157 (Fla. DCA 1973)
• Turner v. Olliff, 281 So.2d 384 (Fla. 1st DCA 1973)
• U.S. v. Hampton, 775 F.2d 1479 (11th Cir. 1985)
• McCain v. Select Committee on Impeachment, Florida House of Representatives, 313 So.2d 722 (Fla 1975)
• U.S. v. Hartley, 678 F.2d 961 (11th Cir. 1982)
• Yordan v. Dugger, 909 F.2d 474 (11th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. V. 270,000.00 in U.S. Currency, Plus Interest, 1 F.3d 1146 (11th Cir. 1993)
• State v. Spaziano, 692 So.2d 174 (Fla. 1997)

References

• 1st Union Bank, Orlando, Florida

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, Federal, Misdemeanor, Sex Offenses, White Collar Crimes, Employment Law -- Employer, Family Law, Juvenile Law, Litigation & Appeals