Law Offices of Paul D. Petruzzi, P.A. - Miami, FL
8101 Biscayne Blvd.PH-701Miami, FL 33138
Miami Criminal Law Firm
Overview
The Law Offices of Paul D. Petruzzi, P.A. is a boutique criminal defense law firm specializing in all Federal and State criminal matters including, but not limited to pre-charge criminal investigations, criminal grand jury investigations, criminal trial practice, criminal appeals, post-conviction litigation, asset seizures and forfeitures, and prisoner rights litigation in Federal courts throughout the United States and State courts throughout the State of Florida. The Firm is...
The Law Offices of Paul D. Petruzzi, P.A. is a boutique criminal defense law firm specializing in all Federal and State criminal matters including, but not limited to pre-charge criminal investigations, criminal grand jury investigations, criminal trial practice, criminal appeals, post-conviction litigation, asset seizures and forfeitures, and prisoner rights litigation in Federal courts throughout the United States and State courts throughout the State of Florida. The Firm is...
The Law Offices of Paul D. Petruzzi, P.A. is a boutique criminal defense law firm specializing in all Federal and State criminal matters including, but not limited to pre-charge criminal investigations, criminal grand jury investigations, criminal trial practice, criminal appeals, post-conviction litigation, asset seizures and forfeitures, and prisoner rights litigation in Federal courts throughout the United States and State courts throughout the State of Florida. The Firm is committed to a personalized and focused approach to handling all client matters with dedication, professionalism, and expertise. The Firm is designed to focus its attention on each of its clients' matters and relentlessly pursue the rights of every client in a completely equal fashion. The Firm's clients are not just numbers. As such, each client receives the individualized attention they demand and desire in seeking the vindication of their rights through the presentation of their matters in courts across the United States. Each of the Firm's clients receives uniquely focused efforts from every qualified professional at the Firm; each of whom is assigned to discrete and specific aspects of any particular client's matter.
The Firm staff is solely comprised of Members in good standing with the Bar of the States of Florida, New York, and Illinois as well as Florida Certified Paralegals. The Firm also only associates with licensed private investigators , Federally-Certified translators , and a broad range of experts from various fields of study including forensic toxicology, forensic document examination, forensic handwriting analysis, polygraph administration, ballistics, and accounting, among others. Our private investigators all have either Federal or State law enforcement backgrounds with the FBI, DEA, Military Intelligence, the Miami-Dade Police Department, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and other agencies. The Firm is therefore able to offer each of our clients the benefit of direct relationships with countless professionals in various disciplines who are available to serve their needs.
Working as a team with individual strengths and areas of focus, the Firm provides the clear expertise needed to handle all types of criminal matters. These experiences give us the perspective to evaluate and expertly handle a variety of criminal matters from their beginning to end. The firm's practice areas, while focusing on criminal defense matters including criminal trials, appeals, and post-conviction litigations, also professionally handles sub-specialty matters including criminal forfeitures, civil forfeitures, sentence reductions on the basis of substantial assistance to law enforcement, changes in sentencing laws, and evolving caselaw.
Mr. Petruzzi has devoted his entire legal career to criminal matters. He has represented individuals and corporations in Federal and State courts nationwide during criminal investigations, criminal trials, criminal appeals, and in all post-conviction matters. He has also assisted clients in Europe, the Caribbean, and South America pending extradition or rendition. As such, Mr. Petruzzi has the experience and knowledge to earn the reputation that he has as a tenacious and aggressive advocate who thoroughly prepares for the defense of his clients.
Mr. Petruzzi is a graduate of Hamilton College and the University Of Miami School Of Law. He began his criminal defense career in 1993 with prominent Miami criminal defense attorney Roy Black. During his association with Mr. Black, Mr. Petruzzi represented clients in Federal and State Court charged with complex white collar, narcotics, and racketeering offenses. Since starting his own firm in 1998, Mr. Petruzzi's practice has included virtually every conceivable type of criminal matter including drug offenses, money laundering, murder (death penalty and non-death penalty), tax fraud, mortgage fraud, medicare fraud, Ponzi schemes, and many other offenses, in both Federal and State courts nationwide. He has represented clients from all walks of life in high profile cases across the United States.
Mr. Petruzzi is a member of the Bar of the State of Florida. Mr. Petruzzi has received the "Top 100 Trial Lawyers" by the American Trial Lawyer's Association in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. He has been awarded with an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell for many years. The Martindale-Hubbell PEER REVIEW RATINGS are an objective indicator of a lawyer's high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada. The first review to establish a lawyer's rating usually occurs three years after his/her first admission to the bar.
Among other distinctions, Mr. Petruzzi is a Life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami, and he has been on the legal committee for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law.
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