About
Harry Shorstein recenty concluded his 5th term because the State Lawyer for the Fourth Judicial Circuit (overlaying Duval County, Clay County and Nassau County in Northeast Florida). In 2008, he determined no longer to run for a sixth term and to go back to personal practice with Shorstein & Lasnetski, LLC.
Mr. Shorstein attended the University of Florida for college and regulation school. After graduating from law faculty, he served as a Captain inside the third Marine Division in Vietnam. Upon his go back, he worked as a Division Head on the Jacksonville Office of the Public Defender. After leaving that workplace, he spent several years as a Division Head after which Chief Assistant on the Office of the State Lawyer. After the State Lawyer’s Office, Mr. Shorstein served as General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville.
In 1991, Mr. Shorstein have become the State Lawyer for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. He held that function for nearly eighteen years till determining not run once more in 2008. As the State Lawyer for the Jacksonville place, he attempted quite a few crook instances, which include over 30 homicide cases, all of which he won. He additionally applied a groundbreaking juvenile justice software that targeted on rehabilitation and training that received national acclaim and changed into copied through prosecutors across the usa. His widespread enjoy and accomplishments as an ordeal legal professional were chronicled through 60 Minutes, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, The New York Times, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report and others kingdom, neighborhood and countrywide media shops. He is likewise a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
After over two many years of public carrier, Mr. Shorstein determined to go back to non-public exercise wherein he spent 15 years representing the rights and hobbies of individuals and businesses previous to becoming the State Lawyer. In personal exercise, he defended clients on crook subjects in kingdom and federal courtroom, consisting of complex white collar cases. He dealt with critical and complicated wrongful death and personal injuries cases, and he represented corporations in all kinds of commercial enterprise disputes. Another location in which he has advanced significant talents and enjoy is in the representation of specialists in civil litigation and in the front of licensing and different administrative boards.
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Experience
- Partner
Shorstein, Lasnetski, & Gihon - State Lawyer
State Lawyer s Office, Fourth Judicial Circuit
1991 - Owner
Law Offices of Harry Shorstein
1976 - General Counsel
General Counsel s Office, City of Jacksonville, Florida
1974
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Graduation year: 1962

Graduation year: 1958
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