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Gillis Edward Powell, Jr.
Crestview, FL Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
South Texas College of Law
Gillis E. (Gill) Powell, Jr.main focus is litigation and trial practice. He handles complex personal injury cases, medical malpractice cases, wrongful death cases, catastrophic injury cases, criminal defense cases, railroad cases, real estate litigation, and commercial litigation. Mr. Powell has tried and won numerous civil trials and he has obtained substantial jury awards for his clients. He is a member of the million dollar advocates club as a result of his jury verdicts. He has also successfully defended many clients in criminal cases, including clients charged with homicide, aggravated battery, sexual battery, drug offenses, driving under the...
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Stanley Eugene Peacock
PANAMA CITY, FL Lawyer with 41 years of experience
(850) 215-1021
848 Jenks Avenue
P O BOX 636
PANAMA CITY, FL 32402-0636
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Domestic Violence
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
Former Assistant State Attorney in Broward County, FL; Former Assistant Public Defender in Bay County, FL; Former Assistant State Attorney, Bay County, FL; Presently in Private Practice of Law in Panama City, FL representing clients throughout the State of Florida; admitted to practice in all State of Florida Courts & US Federal District Court, Northern District of Florida, and Federal Bankruptcy Court. Licensed to practice law in Florida since May 27, 1983.
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Rusty Shepard
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Social Security Disability
Florida State University College of Law
After graduating from Florida State University College of Law in the year 2000, Attorney Rusty Shepard became the Assistant State Attorney in Chipley for four years. As a former prosecutor, Mr. Shepard is well-versed in the legal system, judicial processes and how to best anticipate choices on the part of the prosecution in his current cases. Coming up with aggressive and intuitive defense tactics, Attorney Shepard is devoted to obtaining the best possible verdict for his clients, doing everything in his power to have their charges reduced or dismissed altogether. He is the President of the Bay County Chapter at...
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Ashley Stone Benedik
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Juvenile
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University and Florida State University College of Law
Ashley is a Panama City, Florida native practicing criminal defense with a particular interest in helping first time offenders and vacationers who find themselves in trouble with the law. She makes herself available in a variety of ways in order to be convenient to the client. You can have an in office consultation, phone consultation or even an email consultation. Once hired she can correspond through the mail, the phone, email or by text messaging, whichever the client prefers. She will throughly evaluate your case and strive to obtain the best result for your particular situation. Call (850) 913-0364 or...
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Maria Ignacio Dykes
Panama City, FL Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Juvenile and White Collar Crime
South Texas College of Law
Licensed to practice law in Florida since 1995. Former Assistant State Attorney. Extensive criminal law experience. Handling all criminal defense cases in state and federal court.
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Carroll Lee McCauley
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and Personal Injury
Dealing with a divorce, an arrest or a serious injury can be incredibly stressful. You may be overwhelmed and unsure what to do. These are the times when you need an experienced lawyer who can protect your interests and guide you forward.
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Benjamin Z. Wise
Panama City Beach, FL Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer and Personal Injury
Mississippi College School of Law
Our firm focuses on lemon law cases. Even if your car isn't covered under your lemon law, there are other state and federal laws that may allow you to recover money or get a buyback. If we can take your matter there's no upfront retainer and You don't pay any costs or expenses if we can't settle your claim.
Ben holds a JD from Mississippi College in Jackson, Mississippi and a BS in Marine Transportation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He is admitted in various Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, and Michigan courts.
His career includes experience with diverse...
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Clark H. Henderson
Fort Walton Beach, FL Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Criminal Defense, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Clark H. Henderson, originally from Waynesboro, Mississippi, is a 2007 graduate of the University of South Alabama and a 2011 graduate of the Cumberland School of Law, Sam ford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. During law school Clark interned at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and with the Honorable Laura Petro, 10th Judicial Circuit, Criminal Division. He practiced in Birmingham, Alabama before being admitted to the Florida Bar. Clark is licensed to practice in both Florida and Alabama.
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Brandy L. Merrifield
Destin, FL Attorney
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University
My name is Brandy Merrifield. I am a criminal defense attorney and partner at Flaherty & Merrifield Criminal Defense. We serve Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Destin, and all of Northwest Florida. I devote 100% of my practice to criminal defense. With my background in psychology, I bring a unique perspective to the resolution of criminal cases. My objective in all of my cases is aggressive defense coupled with compassion and understanding.
No matter what you are accused of, Flaherty & Merrifield will not judge you. We will defend you.
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David L. Stevens
Fort Walton Beach, FL Lawyer with 14 years of experience
(850) 304-7880
1992 Lewis Turner Blvd.
Suite 1070
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice
Regent University School of Law
Attorney David Stevens is a third-generation resident of Okaloosa County. A proud Seminole, David graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University before earning his Juris Doctorate from the Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, VA. He currently resides in Niceville, FL with his wife and three-year-old daughter.
David was sworn in to practice law in Florida in 2010, and soon joined a civil litigation law firm in Santa Rosa Beach as an associate attorney. He went on to become a prosecutor with the State Attorney's Office in Shalimar, FL, and served in that capacity for...
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Stephen Joseph Ryan
Fort Walton Beach, FL Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Florida State University College of Law
Stephen “Steve” Joseph Ryan was born in the Bronx, where his mother worked as a nurse and his father was an officer with the New York Police Department. In the early ’90s, Steve moved to Tallahassee, Florida to continue his studies at Florida State University’s College of Law, where he met fellow law student and his future law partner, Shawn Risen. In 1995, Steve graduated with honors and received a Juris Doctorate, and one year later, Steve and Shawn Risen established Risen & Ryan, Attorneys at Law.
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Joseph C. Warren
Fort Walton Beach, FL Attorney with 33 years of experience
(850) 570-0055
217 Miracle Strip PKWY SE
Unit 116
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
Joseph C. Warren has handled thousands of criminal cases and has over 25 years of experience in criminal trial practice. During his years of practice, Mr. Warren has represented many clients in criminal cases in both Circuit and County Courts.
Before joining the Musca Law Firm, Mr. Warren worked both as a prosecutor and defense attorney. As a prosecutor, Mr. Warren handled all types of criminal cases including Governor assignment cases in Brevard, Sumter, and Marion counties.
As a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Warren has defended the accused in every phase of the case, from intake through trial. Mr. Warren...
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Sean Seely
Navarre, FL Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Florida State University College of Law
To put it simply, I am an attorney that loves helping people. My practice includes estate planning (Wills, Trusts, and everything in between), business (formation, operation, and purchase and sale), real estate (buying, selling, insuring, and litigating), and litigation (civil and criminal).
Lynchard & Seely serves clients from Pensacola to Jacksonville in numerous areas of law. Some of our services include estate planning, probate, trust administration, business formations and transactions, and commercial and residential real property transactions. Additionally, we handle general civil litigation personal injury, wrongful death, criminal law, and family law.
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Kim Shouppe
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense
Mississippi College School of Law
Being charged with a crime or having a loved one charged with a crime is a traumatic experience. This is why I am available 24/7 for every client or potential client. I treat the attorney-client relationship as a partnership to achieve the best possible outcome for each client. I am a former Assistant State Attorney in Bay County and former criminal defense attorney with the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel. I have experience with over a thousand criminal cases.
I am committed to my clients and I work tirelessly on behalf of them each and every day. I...
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C. Wes Pittman
Panama City, FL Lawyer
Free ConsultationAnimal, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
University of Florida
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Dana Morris
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
There are many good lawyers in Panama City, Florida. If you find yourself in need of an attorney in Bay County, Dana Morris, with The Morris Law Firm, is a criminal defense lawyer with over 20 years experience practicing law as both a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. Mr. Morris has successfully handled thousands of criminal cases including DUI, VOP, drug charges, assault and battery, domestic violence and much more.
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Michael Robert Reiter
Panama City , FL Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Social Security Disability
Florida State University College of Law
Mike Reiter & Associates are SERVING THE DESERVING. We help deserving individuals get their Social Security Disability benefits. We will help with your Disability Claim from your initial application though the appeal process. If you have been working all your life and then a medical reason is keeping you from working, you may have a good disability claim. You have better things to do, let us fight the Social Security Administration.
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Jeffrey L. Burns
Fort Walton Beach, FL Attorney
Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Florida State University College of Law
Jeff founded Burns Firm in 2021 to serve hard-working individuals and small businesses needing legal services to start, grow, and protect their livelihoods and nest eggs. Jeff has experienced thousands of lawsuits as a former commercial litigator and former Circuit Court judge, and he can draw on this wealth of experience to assist his clients with their needs.
Jeff concentrates his law practice on business law, real estate law, property law, water law, asset-protection law, and simple estate planning. Before he took the bench as a Circuit Court judge, Jeff concentrated on complex commercial litigation, local government representation, and appellate law....
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Jeffery James Lathem
Fort Walton Beach, FL Attorney with 26 years of experience
Family and Probate
Stetson University College of Law
I have been practicing law for over 17 years and for the majority of that time have practiced in some area of family law. In the last three years, however, I have devoted my practice on a full time basis to areas of family law and probate document preparation. The technicalities and long term implications of handling family law matters are often less than obvious. The legal forms available for pro se individuals are sometimes insufficient to address all the long term effects of decisions made today. Though engaging an attorney in what seems to be...
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Mark Scott Rubin
Fort Walton Beach, FL Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence, Elder and Family
Tulane University School of Law and University of Florida
The Rubin Law Firm dedicates its practice exclusively to areas of marital and family law. Mark S. Rubin is an experienced trial attorney who has been practicing and litigating cases in Okaloosa County, Walton County, Santa Rosa County, Escambia County, and surrounding counties for over 18 years. The Rubin Law Firm offers skilled representation and advice in all family law and divorce matters.
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Caroline Larochelle Nadeau
Fort Walton Beach, FL Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of Ottawa and University of Ottawa
Attorney and Founder of Compass Immigration P.A., Caroline Larochelle Nadeau is originally from Quebec, Canada. In 2015 she immigrated to the United States on a K-1 Fiance Visa to be with her husband, a member of the U.S. Military. As an immigrant herself, she has first-hand knowledge of the stress that can be caused by navigating the immigration process. As a military spouse, she has had the privilege of assisting many military members and their families with their immigration needs. Her experiences, both professional and personal, allow her to better prepare and assist her clients through...
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Laura C. Pyne
Panama City, FL Attorney with 16 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Tax
University of Florida
Pyne Law Group, P.A. is a tax, estate planning and corporate law boutique offering a fusion of taxation, accounting, business, valuation, and legal expertise. Combined with an acute understanding of individual, family and business needs, we realize client goals. Our firm is passionate about helping individuals and families preserve their wealth for future generations, maximizing inheritances, and minimizing taxes. We proudly practice in estate and gift tax planning, wills and trusts, business succession planning, asset protection, probate, and trust administration. We are also committed to providing business clients and entrepreneurs with legal services and expert business...
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Justin N. Rost
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business, Construction, Insurance Defense and Legal Malpractice
University of Miami School of Law
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Jack Pettus (“J.P.”) James III
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Construction and Insurance Defense
Stetson University College of Law
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Susan Ann Martinez
Navarre, FL Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Criminal Defense, Foreclosure Defense and Real Estate
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Susan A. Martinez, Esq., I am a mother, formerly in the United States Air Force, and a former Assistant State Attorney, I have always wanted to be a prosecutor because of my strong sense of justice. I have extensive experience with the criminal justice system as both a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. After leaving the State Attorneys Office, I continued to have a strong sense of justice so I decided that I wanted to practice consumer law and I started learning about debtor’s rights and helping consumer’s. I treat each client as if they are an...
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Steve Knittle
Navarre, FL Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
I have been an attorney for over thirty years. My primary focus for the last fifteen years has been almost exclusively Criminal Law as an Assistant Public Defender and in private practice. Prior to that, I was a self- employed in private practice in Cincinnati and handled numerous and varied matters to include Criminal, Family, and Transactional Law in Hamilton County, Ohio. I have practiced in Ohio, Florida, and Georgia. I was the Supervising Attorney of the Sebring Florida Public Defender’s office with a staff of 10, including 6 attorneys. I have tried over 40...
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Isaac Taylor Newlin
Navarre, FL Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationAnimal, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
Personal Injury Lawyer Navarre, FL.
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Robert Scott Sombathy
Panama City, FL Attorney with 32 years of experience
(850) 814-8570
434 Magnolia Avenue Panama City, Florida 32402
PO Box 430
Panama City, FL 32401
Criminal Defense
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
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Julie Ann Sombathy
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
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Rebecca Sonalia
Fort Walton Beach, FL Lawyer
(850) 570-0055
217 Miracle Strip PKWY SE
Unit 116
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
After completing her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, Attorney Rebecca Sonalia received her Juris Doctor from Michigan State University College of Law, graduating cum laude. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and the State of Michigan.
Criminal defense law involves helping people through very traumatic times in their life. Attorney Sonalia takes this aspect of her profession very seriously. Her compassionate nature and diligence in keeping her clients informed has truly been an asset to the success of the firm. Musca Law clients have consistently expressed their gratitude...
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Carroll McCauley
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of Florida
Carroll L. McCauley, Sr., is a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Marital and Family Law. For over 25 years Mr. McCauley has practiced exclusively in the area of family law. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and an AV-rated lawyer by Martindale Hubbel. Mr. McCauley is also recognized as one of Florida Super Lawyers by Florida Super Lawyers®. These qualification reflect the highest ethical and professional standards as determined by peer & judicial review. Mr. McCauley holds a BA degree from Ohio University and a J.D. degree from the University of Florida College...
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Robert Douglas Sale
PANAMA CITY, FL Attorney with 30 years of experience
(850) 763-7311
1328 Jenks Ave / PO BOX 426
STE A
PANAMA CITY, FL 32402
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
Stetson University College of Law
3rd generation Panama City lawyer with 25 years of experience specializing in defense of those charged with crimes, also practicing in local government law, estate work, and contracts
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Cody A. Sprouse
Crestview, FL Lawyer with 3 years of experience
Business and Family
Florida State University College of Law and Florida Coastal School of Law
Florida State University College of Law graduate, Air Force Veteran, and Floridian. My priorities are your priorities. Let's work together to accomplish your goals. At Coast 2 Coast Legal we limit our client representation to 15 and we are now accepting new clients. With a limited client book, you get the attention you should expect from any law firm. No more waiting for return calls. Call us now and speak with an attorney.
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John D. Metcalf
Fort Walton Beach, FL Attorney with 20 years of experience
(850) 650-2202
25 Beal Parkway NE
Suite 230
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Collections and Construction
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Practice includes, among other things:
Civil Litigation,
Civil Trial,
Commercial Litigation,
Construction,
Consumer Law,
Contracts,
Debtor and Creditor issues,
Dispute Resolution,
Insurance,
Litigation/Trial Advocacy/Advocacy,
Mediation,
Product Liability.
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Max Worrel McCord III
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Tax
Georgetown University Law Center and University of Florida
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James Robert Dowgul
Panama City, FL Attorney with 25 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Family
Stetson University College of Law and Oklahoma City University School of Law
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Marsha L Weaver
Navarre, FL Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Former General Magistrate, First Judicial Circuit, Assigned to Family Law Division and Dependency Division of the Circuit Court in Okaloosa County.
Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator
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Donald Keith Kilpatrick
Navarre, FL Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Domestic Violence
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Pamela Dru Sutton
Panama City, FL Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Family
Brooklyn Law School
Partner, Stone & Sutton, P.A.
Focus of practice is family law, divorce, and custody; probate, estates, will, guardianship, and elder law; litigation
Education:
Harvard University, B.A. cum laude in English
Brooklyn Law School, J.D.
Associate Editor, Brooklyn Law Review
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Christopher Nida Patterson
Panama City, FL Attorney with 40 years of experience
Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI