Criminal Law

The firm handles a wide variety of criminal appeals, as well as post-conviction challenges in state and federal court. We have represented clients convicted of crimes ranging from driving under the influence to drug offenses to white-collar crimes to the most violent felonies.

Among our higher-profile cases, we have represented a juvenile challenging life sentences for non-homicides in the Supreme Court of the United States, and four inmates on Florida’s death row. Published opinions involving criminal appeals and post-conviction proceedings that we have handled include the following: Ardilla v. United States, 2009 WL 383382, Case No. 3:07-cv-295-J-32MCR (M.D. Fla. 2009); Griffin v. McNeil¸ 995 So. 2d 1178 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); Woodward v. State, 992 So. 2d 391 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008); Hembree v. United States, 307 Fed. Appx. 412 (11th Cir. 2009); Damren v. McNeil, 2009 WL 129612, Case No. 129612 (M.D. Fla. 2009); Syverud v. State, 987 So. 2d 1250 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008); Graham v. State, 982 So. 2d 43 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008); Brown v. Sec’y for Dep’t of Corr., 530 F.3d 1335 (11th Cir. 2008); Johnson v. State, 961 So. 2d 195 (Fla. 2007); Lago v. State, 965 So. 2d 224 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007); Ruth v. State, 949 So. 2d 288 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007); Outler v. United States, 485 F.3d 1273 (11th Cir. 2007); State v. Szempruch, 935 So. 2d 66 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006); Gomez-Diaz v. United States, 433 F.3d 788 (11th Cir. 2006); United States v. Hembree, 125 Fed. Appx. 981 (2004), vacated, 545 U.S. 1112 (2005), reinstated, 147 Fed. Appx. 838 (11th Cir. 2005).