Jeffrey S. Weiner Criminal Defense Attorney Profile
Jeffrey S. Weiner
Miami, Florida
Managing Partner
Phone 305.670.9919
Fax 305.670.9299
Email: lawfirm@jeffweiner.com
Attorney Jeffrey S. Weiner practicing criminal law since 1974:
Areas of Practice:
Certification/Specialties:
- Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1974
- Florida, 1974
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1974
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1981
- U.S. Tax Court, 1981
Education:
Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1974
Juris Doctorate
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Published Works:
- Managing Editor, The Kent Commentator, Chicago, Illinois, 1973
- Editor, "Criminal Law News Letter", The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1979-1983
- Editorial Board, "Drug Research Report", Harvard Medical School, 1985-1990
- "Entrapment", Inside Drug Law, 1985
- "Taking the Lid Off The Government's Silent Partner", The Champion, Jan., 1990
- "Counseling Counsel: Contempts, Conflicts and Disciplinary Action", The Champion, July, 1990
- "Prosecutorial Misconduct: Alive and Well," (Co-author), Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 1990
Representative Cases:
- United States Supreme Court Argument, State of Florida vs. Jimeno, (111 S. Ct. 1801 1991)
- U.S. v. Koblitz, 803 F.2d 1523 (11th Cir. 1986)
- In re Witness-Attorney Before Grand Jury, No. 83-1, 613 F. Supp. 394 ( 1984)
- U.S. v. Hernandez, 574 F.2d 1362 (5th Cir. 1978)
- State of Florida v. Gomez, 363 So. 2d 624 ( 1978)
- In re Raymond Seidler, 411 So.2d 873 ( 1982)
- State of Florida v. Robinson, 391 So. 2d 221 ( 1981)
- U.S. v. Levy-Cordero, 67 F.3d 1002 (1st Cir. 1995)
- U.S. v. Escobedo, 623 F.2d 1098 (5th Cir. 1980)
- Billie v. State, 774 So. 2d 819 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2000)
- State v. Cowles, 790 So. 2d 426 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2001)
- Cowles v. State, 758 So. 2d 682 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2000)
- State v. Mane, 780 So. 2d 82 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2000)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Professor of Law, Southeast Florida Institute of Criminal Justice
- Faculty and Board of Regents, National Criminal Defense College
- Faculty, Advanced Criminal Practitioner Seminar, Hawaii, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
- Faculty, Advanced Criminal Litigation Course, Association of Trial Lawyers of America National College of Advocacy
- Faculty, Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen, Colorado
Honors and Awards:
- Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School Center for Addiction Studies, 1990 - 1992
- National Directory of Criminal Lawyers
- National Registry of Preeminent Lawyers
- Florida Leading American Attorneys and Law: Consumer Guidebook
- Who's Who in American Law
- Fellow, American Board of Criminal Trial Lawyers
- Recipient, Moot Court Award, 1973
- Florida Bar Award for Media Excellence, 1988
- National Registry of Preeminent Lawyers
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