About
Rafael was born and raised in Polk County, Florida, and graduated from Auburndale High School in 1984. Rafael received his B.A. degree from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor diploma from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1997. He become admitted to the Florida Bar in April of 1998, and to start with served as an Assistant Public Defender, handling plenty of instances. After only some months as a misdemeanor attorney, Rafael become quick promoted to Felony, in which he changed into answerable for cases ranging from drug possession to homicide. Rafael quickly mounted himself as a assured and succesful trial attorney and in 1999 he entered personal exercise with a widely recognized criminal protection regulation workplace. After identifying to start his personal regulation workplace, he partnered together with his former co-employee, William Allen. The Law Offices of Allen and Echemendia had been set up in February of 2000. After many a hit years of representation, Rafael branched out on his own in January of 2009, and established the Echemendia Law Office. Rafael’s practice areas are criminal defense, own family regulation and private harm. He presently specializes in protecting people who've been charged with criminal topics starting from site visitors offenses, including DUI, to drug trafficking and homicide and representing parties worried in divorce and toddler custody matters. › ›
Location
Legal Issues
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- DUI & DWI
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights
Costs
- Free Consultation
- Payment With Credit Card
Certificates
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Senior Partner
Echemendia Law Office
2000 - Associate Lawyer
Private Practice
1999 - Lawyer
10th Circuit Public Defender
1998
Educations
Graduation year: 1994
Graduation year: 1988
