Florida Bar Defense

Florida Bar Defense

Have you recieved a Florida Bar complaint? Aaron O’Brien has experience defending fellow attorneys facing Florida Bar grievances and disciplinary complaints.  If you are a Florida attorney and have received a Bar Complaint, what should you do? First, do nothing – at...
Civil Asset Forfeiture

Civil Asset Forfeiture

Florida Civil Asset Forfeiture? Attorney Aaron O’Brien represents people whose money, cars, boats, and other property have been seized by law enforcement under Florida’s civil asset forfeiture laws.  Did the Police Take Your Money, Car, or Other Property? You...
Criminal Defense

Criminal Defense

Arrested or Investigated for a Criminal Case? If you have been recently arrested or learned you are under criminal investigation, you are facing one of the biggest challenges of your life. You need a local, experienced, knowledgeable, aggressive, and effective...
Speedy Trial

Speedy Trial

There are two “speedy trial” rights in Florida: the Constitutional right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 16 of the Florida Constitution and the procedural or statutory right to a speedy trial under...
Arrest Process

Arrest Process

After a police officer has placed a person under arrest, the officer transports him to a jail facility for booking by. After processing, the person usually can post the standard bond amount and be released. However, if the individual cannot pay the required money, or...
Expungement

Expungement

Florida law allows you to seal or expunge one criminal incident during your lifetime.  If your charges were dropped, the process is called an expungement (or expunction).  If you pled ‘guilty’ or ‘no contest’ and adjudication was withheld, the process is...