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Russell A. Spatz ESQ.

Criminal Law Experience

Criminal Law Experience
Extensive Trial Experience in State & Federal Court.

Mr. Spatz, is a trial attorney with over 33 years experience, is devoted to providing the highest quality representation and committed to finding answers, settling disputes and assisting in all manner of legal issues.

His personal service and professionalism lend themselves to offer his clients the highest degree of personal legal representation.

Education

  • University of Miami B.S. » 1972
    Departmental Honors in Mathematics
  • University of Miami J. D. » 1975
    National Science Foundation Fellowship Recipient

Bar Memberships

  • The Supreme Court of the United States of America » 1986
  • The Supreme Court of the State of Florida » 1975
  • United States District Court
    Southern District of Florida » 1978
  • United States District Court
    Southern District of Florida » 1983
  • The United States of America Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit » 1983
  • The United States of America District Court of the Northern District of California » 1989

Additional Honors

  • Named to Florida Super Lawyers » 2007
  • The International Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi
    Historian of Bryan Inn chapter » 1974
  • Assistant State Attorney and Division Chief for
    Richard E. Gerstein and Janet Reno » 1975 -1980
  • Former Vice-Chairman Dade County Bar Association
    Family Law Committee
  • Former Adjunct Professor of Law
    St. Thomas Law School
  • Martindale Hubbell Rated » “AV”

Legal Seminars

  • Deposition Skills Seminar
    National Institute for Trial Advocacy » 1994
  • Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediation Training Program Florida International University »2001

Landmark Ruling

“It is uniformly held that dismissal is a drastic remedy which courts should employ only in extreme situations … In a system in which the search for truth is the principal goal, the severe sanctions of evidence exclusions for failure to comply with the rules of procedure should be a last resort and reserved for extreme or aggravated circumstances … ”

“This court finds itself, for the first time in fourteen years of handling cases, ready to employ the most drastic of sanctions. As a result of the continuous and numerous discovery violations and failure to provide Brady material by UPC and the State of Florida, this court hereby strikes all UPC witnesses and all paperwork generated by UPC in their preparation of this case.”

Honorable Victoria S. Sigler

Circuit Court Judge » Eleventh Judicial Circuit

Learn more of this Landmark Ruling and the litigation which led to this decision Florida VS. Henry Waknine (PDF)

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