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My Firm, Bass, Cerino & Brizel is a true full service personalized law firm. Each of us have tried many cases in the criminal and civil courts.  We believe that preparation is the key to getting the desired result.. Joseph Cerino is a seasoned criminal defense attorney.  Practicing for 13 years in defending those accused of crimes, he has spent the last 8 of those years applying his trial experience and know-how to representing people in marital disputes.. Jay Brizel has been spending the last 12 years representing those charged with criminal offenses.  He has a reputation of tenaciously defending his clients and frequently is appointed by the Court to represent people with particularly bad facts or cases.. We are used to fighting so you do not have to.

Janese Caruthers was born in Birmingham but raised and schooled in Macon, GA. She is a graduate of Furman University and Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Ms. Caruthers won several leadership awards during both undergraduate studies and law school. Ms. Caruthers joined the Office of the Public Defender in 2007 in the Lee County Office. During 2010, she had more felony jury trials of all assistant public defenders in the 20th Judicial Circuit, including a two-week long jury trial. In 2011, Ms. Caruthers transferred to the Charlotte County Office of the Public Defender. In Charlotte County, Ms. Caruthers continued taking several cases to trial and drafted and argued the Motion to Dismiss for Facial Unconstitutionality of Florida Statute 893 on behalf of over 100 Public Defender clients in Charlotte County. Janese Caruthers joined Brown, Suarez, Rios, & Weinberg in January of 2012. Shortly after joining the firm, Ms. Caruthers’s cases were often featured on local news outlets such as Fox 4 and Wink News. Ms. Caruthers's defense of her client in a high profile murder case was featured on national and local news including Good Morning America, ESPN, Miami Herald, and the Washington Post. In addition, in April of 2013, Ms. Caruthers appeared on the nationally syndicated Dr. Phil Show to discuss her victory in a Stand Your Ground Motion where all charges were dismissed against her client. She actively writes about legal topics in her blog found at . She also lectures on various legal topics at community events in southwest Florida. Ms. Caruthers is a member of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, past President of the Isaac Anderson Chapter of the National Bar Association, and a past member of the Calusa Chapter of the American Inns of Court.

I belive in helping people. When it comes time to hire an attorney in your time of need, you need one who is caring and relentless. This is what I bring to the pracitec of Law.

Anthony is the owner of Absolute Law. He grew up in Southwest Florida and graduated from Fort Myers High School which led to staying in the local area and attending Florida Gulf Coast University. Anthony graduated from FGCU a year early with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies. He is a proud graduate of the University of Miami School of Law. After graduating Law School, Anthony began his career as a prosecutor in Miami-Dade County. During his time at the State Attorney’s office, he had many Jury Trials and Bench Trials from a wide range of criminal cases. While a prosecutor, Anthony was in the courtroom almost every day in front of many different judges. After being an Assistant State Attorney for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, Anthony moved back to Fort Myers to join Absolute Law and take over the Firm. Although he started his career in public service as a prosecutor, he always intended to be in the private sector as he wanted to build relationships with his clients and aggressively fight for their rights in whatever legal situation they need assistance in. Anthony takes on cases in the range of criminal defense, general civil litigation, contract disputes, and other business law issues. He is happy to be back home and eager to be of legal assistance to his local community and looks forward to giving back and make his community an even better one.