Criminal Representation in the Following Areas:

DUI
After you are arrested for DUI, you must set a court date with the Clerk of the Court within ten days. You must also request a hearing with the Department of Motor Vehicles within ten days so that you can receive a business purpose license if you are eligible. My office, if retained within ten days of your arrest, will take care of these important first steps for you. Click Here For More Information...

Domestic Violence
Domestic violence means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnaping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting physical injury or death of a family or household member by another family household member. The State Attorney’s Offices in the Tampa Bay Area have a zero tolerance policy for domestic violence and usually pursue domestic violence cases even when the victim has requested that the case not be prosecuted. The Abdoney Law Firm handles domestic violence cases for people who have been accused of domestic violence in Tampa and the Tampa Bay Area. If you have been charged with the crime of domestic violence, please call the Abdoney Law Firm to speak to an experienced domestic violence attorney to help you with your case.

Assault and Battery
Assault is a crime where a person threatens to cause bodily harm to another person.  Battery is the intentional touching or striking of another person against their will and without their permission.  If you cause bodily harm or serious disfigurement or if you use a firearm during the commission of either of these crimes, the penalties are enhanced and the charges range in severity from misdemeanors to first degree felonies.  If you have been charged with a misdemeanor or felony count of assault or battery or aggravated assault and battery, contact the Abdoney Law Firm to speak to an experienced criminal defense attorney to discuss your legal rights. 

Drug Cases
Drug crimes include possession, possession with the intent to deliver, drug trafficking, drug paraphernalia charges, drug cultivation, drug manufacturing, drug delivery and other drug related crimes. Many drug cases begin with a search conducted by law enforcement. These searches must be based on probable cause or consent. Sometimes, law enforcement officers use confidential informants to gather information and make arrests and also use these informants to support applications for search warrants to search a defendant’s residence. The Abdoney Law Firm has drug crimes criminal defense attorneys who are experienced in analyzing search warrants and search and seizure issues in defending drug cases. The Abdoney Law Firm represents people who have been accused of drug crimes in the Tampa Bay Area. If you or somebody you know have been charged with a drug crime in Tampa or the Tampa Bay Area you owe it to yourself to speak with a qualified criminal defense attorney who is experienced in drug cases. Our attorneys investigate and try to resolve your case without the harsh penalties which may include minimum mandatory prison sentences and the suspension of your driver’s license.

Resisting Arrest/Battery on Law Enforcement
The Abdoney Law Firm represents people who have been arrested for resisting arrest without violence, resisting arrest with violence, and battery on a law enforcement officer.  Resisting arrest can be anything from turning away from an officer while he is trying to take you into custody to giving a law enforcement officer bad information during an investigation.  Resisting arrest with violence usually involves some type of scuffle during an arrest.  Battery on a law enforcement officer is when a person intentionally touches or strikes an individual who is known to be a law enforcement officer without that person’s permission and against their will.  If you or someone you know has been charged with one of these crimes, call the Abdoney Law Firm and speak to an experienced criminal defense attorney about your legal rights. 

Theft/Burglary/Robbery
If you have been arrested for a theft type crime in the Tampa Bay Area, call the Abdoney Law Firm and have an experienced criminal defense attorney from our office discuss your case with you.  Theft crimes range in severity depending on the value of the property taken and the manner in which it was taken.  The theft crimes in Florida are petit-theft, grand-theft, grand-theft auto, identity theft, robbery, armed robbery, burglary, armed burglary among others.  If the value of the property is less than $500.00, the usual charge is a misdemeanor crime of petit-theft.  If the value is more than $500.00, the usual charge is grand-theft.  If the property was taken by force, then you may be charged with robbery and if you use a firearm during the taking of someone’s property, you can be charged with armed robbery or armed burglary.  Burglary is when a defendant enters or remains in someone’s home or automobile or other structure with the intent to commit a crime while they are in the home, automobile, or other structure.  When a person has been charged with one of these crimes, it is in their best interest to consult an experienced criminal defense attorney about there legal rights and defenses.  Let the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Abdoney Law Firm handle your case for you.

Driving on a Suspended License
In Florida, when a person fails to pay traffic tickets, fails to pay child support, receives a conviction for a drug crime, has a financial responsibility judgment placed on them, or many other instances, the Department of Motor Vehicles can suspend the driver’s license.  Driving on a suspended license begins as a misdemeanor traffic charge punishable by 60 days in jail.  The second offense becomes a first degree misdemeanor punishable by 364 days in jail.  When an offender receives his third driving with license suspended charge, it can be filed as a felony which is punishable by up to five years in Florida State Prison.  Further, if an individual receives three driving while license suspended convictions within a 5-year period or three other serious traffic offense convictions within a 5-year period, the State of Florida will classify that person as a habitual traffic offender and your license will be suspended for five years. The attorneys at the Abdoney Law Firm have handled hundreds of driving with suspended license cases.  Many times our criminal defense attorneys are able to negotiate with the State of Florida to have drivers’ licenses reinstated.  Further, our attorneys work with our clients to resolve the problems on their driving records and have their driver’s license reinstated. If you or someone you know has been charged with driving with license suspended or has trouble keeping a valid driver’s license, call the Abdoney Law Firm and we will help.

Bond Motions/Violations of Probation
When a person is arrested for a crime, they are taken to the county jail and booked.  Once booked, a bond is set according to a standard bond schedule or by the Court.  Sometimes, depending on the crime or a person’s criminal record no bond is set.  That means the person will stay in jail until their case is over.   Other times, people that have been released from jail on bond are recommitted to the jail because they are alleged to have committed a new crime or new charge and the court has revoked their bail. If you or someone you know is in jail and is unable to afford a bond or is in jail with no bond, call the Abdoney Law Firm criminal defense attorneys to pursue a bond hearing or bond reduction hearing. If you have a violation of probation, chances are there will be a warrant issued for your arrest and that warrant will have “no bond.”  This means that once you are arrested up for the violation of probation, you will remain in jail until you have been seen by the judge who originally sentenced you.  Violations of probation occur when the probationer did not abide by the rules of probation, such as reporting once a month, submitting to a urinalysis, failing to do community services hours or pay fines, or committing a new offense.  Many times the criminal defenses attorneys at the Abdoney Law Firm are able to expedite a hearing in front of the judge and negotiate a settlement allowing you to be released from jail.  If that is not possible our attorneys will set your case for a violation of probation hearing which involves the taking of testimony by the probation officer or other witnesses to determine whether there has been willful and substantial violations. If you or someone you know is facing a violation of probation in the Tampa Bay Area, please call the Abdoney Law Firm to discuss your legal rights and options with one of our criminal defense attorneys.

Other Criminal Defense Work
In addition to the areas listed above, the Abdoney Law Firm also represents individuals for other traffic violations, traffic citations, traffic tickets, expungement and sealings of criminal records, firearm violations, racketeering charges, attempted murder and murder charges, and are available to discuss any criminal cases or questions you have.  If there are any criminal matters that you or somebody you know are facing, call the Abdoney Law Firm to discuss your rights and options with an experienced criminal defense attorney.