Experience

Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano P.A. Personal Injury Attorneys

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  Case and trial consulting work including witness preparation, improving arguments and rhetoric, jury selection, and trial presentations. • Develop PowerPoint presentations for trial opening statements and closing arguments • Interview and prepare witnesses for hearings, depositions, and trial • Legal research for complex pre-trial motions Case and trial consulting work including witness preparation, improving arguments and rhetoric, jury selection, and trial presentations. • Develop PowerPoint presentations for trial opening statements and closing arguments • Interview and prepare witnesses for hearings, depositions, and trial • Legal research for complex pre-trial motions



Office of the State Attorney, 8th Judicial Circuit, Florida

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant State Attorney-Prosecutor

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2015

  Managed a high-volume caseload in all misdemeanor and felony level criminal matters: •Represent the State of Florida in all court proceedings including: First Appearance, Bond Hearings, Arraignment, Case Management, Violation of Probation, Pre-Trial Conference, Trial Status, Pre-Trial Hearings, and Trial. •Conduct victim, officer, and witness interviews prior to filing, hearings, and trial. •Prepare and present pre-trial motions and manage all aspects of trial preparation, including developing case strategies, conducting plea negotiations, researching legal issues. Accolades and Achievements •MADD’s 2014 Florida Recognition of Excellence for DUI Prosecution Award •Drafted and argued the 8th Judicial Circuit’s first Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony and Memorandum of Law on the newly enacted Daubert Standard, successfully excluding two purported “Experts” from trial, resulting in conviction, 2013-2014 •Over 25 first chair jury trials with a conviction rate of 87.5% Division Experience and Promotions: General Misdemeanor, 2011; Domestic Violence, Spring 2012; Criminal Traffic, Winter 2013; General Felony, Summer 2014-Present. Show less