About
Our founding accomplice, Joshua D. Zelman, was born and raised in Miami-Dade County. The son of small business proprietors, he discovered the cost of tough paintings and a great call at an early age. He attended excessive college at MAST Academy in which he changed into heavily involved in the simplest Coast Guard Junior ROTC software within the usa. After serving aboard the US Coast Guard Barque Eagle, Josh left high school early to matriculate at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
Josh graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology in 2000. His closing semester become spent finishing an Internship on the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s where he become assigned to the predecessor of the Early Representation Unit. His revel in there solidified his selection to attend law faculty and focus his career on crook defense.
Josh maintains to consciousness his exercise in criminal defense, in particular the illustration of these charged with DUI, criminal drug offenses, violent legal offenses, sexual offenses, and property crimes. Josh was the first lawyer in North Florida to correctly attain the dismissal of criminal prices based totally on the Stand Your Ground law (State of Florida v. Jeffrey Brown, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp 651b (Second Circuit, Fla. May 17, 2010)). He later litigated the right of a courtroom appointed legal professionals to fair repayment in non-capital instances and clarified the evaluation courts are required to behavior to set up expenses in such instances. Zelman v. Justice Administrative Commission, 78 So.3d 105 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). He has also efficiently asserted temporary madness to a jury as a defense to Attempted First Degree Murder. Josh is AV-rated by way of Martindale-Hubbell and holds a superb score from Avvo.com. He changed into selected as one of the Top 40 Lawyers Under forty for Criminal Defense via the American Society of Legal Advocates for 2014. Josh is a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
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- English
