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1834 Main St , Sarasota , Florida 34236

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

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Firm: The Byrd Law Firm

2151 Main St Ste 201 , Sarasota , Florida 34237

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense , Personal Injury, Criminal Defense

Derek Byrd is Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law by the Florida Bar.  Less than 2% of attorneys in Florida are Board Certified.  Derek Byrd was born and raised in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. He grew up watching his father defend high profile criminal cases in the old Sarasota County Courthouse. Derek’s father’s legal skills and the excitement surrounding the legal system inspired Derek to become a criminal defense attorney. He graduated from Florida State University in 1990 with a B. A. in Criminology and went on to earn his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1995 from Quinnipiac College of Law in Hamden, Connecticut graduating cum laude (top 5% of his class). While in law school, Derek concentrated his studies on criminal and trial law and he served as Notes and Comments Editor for the Law Review Journal.. SARASOTA’S CRIMINAL DEFENSE / DUI ATTORNEY. After being admitted to the Florida Bar in early 1996, Derek went to work for the Public Defender’s Office in Sarasota, where he gained extensive and valuable trial experience. He opened The Byrd Law Firm in 1998. Derek is Board Certified in Criminal Defense and has been since 2004. He is a Past President of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Statewide Chapter which has close to 2,000 members. Derek also served as the President of the Sarasota Chapter of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers from 1999 – 2001. Additionally, he is a Past President of the Sarasota County Bar. Derek also served as Chairperson of the local Florida Bar Grievance Committee. In 2019, he was awarded the Jim Slater Professionalism Award for outstanding professionalism in the 12th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Notably, Derek is also on the Board of Directors of the Innocence Project of Florida, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping innocent prisoners in Florida gain their freedom and rebuild their lives. Additionally, he is the President-Elect of the Judge John M. Scheb American Inn of Court. He is licensed in all State Courts and the Federal Court, Middle District of Florida. Derek has written articles for the Defender magazine and spoken at FACDL seminars. He is a Life Member of FACDL, a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar-Criminal Law section, and the Sarasota County Bar Association. Derek’s wife, Heather, has not only been his partner in life for over 20 years, she is also his Partner at The Byrd Law Firm, and her practice is concentrated solely on family law. They have raised two wonderful young men together.

Firm: George R. McLain Chartered

South Second Street , Sarasota , Florida 34236

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,Probate ,Products Liability,Real Estate ,Wrongful Death

Firm: James R. Dirmann, P.A.

100 Wallace Avenue   380 , Sarasota , Florida 34237

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Criminal Defense ,DUI/DWI,Ethics & Professional Responsibility,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,White Collar Crime,Wrongful Death

Firm: Hanenian Law Firm, P.A.

64 Center Boulevard , Sarasota , Florida 34240

Practice Areas: Business ,Insurance ,Personal Injury,Real Estate

Firm: Peter M. Collins, P.A.

Main Street , Sarasota , Florida 34237

Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation,Civil ,Criminal Defense ,Divorce,DUI/DWI,Family ,Felonies,Personal Injury

Main Street , Sarasota , Florida 34236

Practice Areas: Automobile Accidents,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury

Firm: Buckman and Buckman, P.A.

2023 Constitution Blvd. , Sarasota , Florida 34231

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Motorcycle Accidents, Automobile Accidents and Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries, Accidents, Automobile Negligence, Bicycle Accidents, Bodily Injury, Brain Injury, Head Injury, Wrongful Death, Dog Bites, Pedestrian Injuries, Personal Injury Mediation, Plaintiffs Personal Injury, School Bus Accidents, Slip and Fall, Contested Trusts and Estates, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Living Trusts, Trust Litigation, Wills, Contested Wills, Living Wills

Firm: Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni, Fernandez & Walsh

308 Cocoanut Avenue , Sarasota , Florida 34236

Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law, Wrongful Death Law, Personal Injury, AIDS Litigation, Accidents, Animal Attacks, Aquatic Injuries, Automobile Accidents, Automobile Negligence, Bicycle Accidents, Bodily Injury, Boating Accidents, Brain Injury, Bus Accidents, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Catastrophic Injury, Commercial Vehicle Liability, Cumulative Trauma, Dog Bites, Electrical Injury, Electromagnetic Field Litigation, Head Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Neurolaw, Pedestrian Injuries, Personal Injury Appeals, Personal Injury Arbitration, Personal Injury Defense, Personal Injury Mediation, Plaintiffs Personal Injury, Power Line Contact Injury, Psychological Injury, Rental Vehicle Litigation, Repetitive Stress Injury, School Bus Accidents, Severe Burns, Sexual Abuse, Slip and Fall, Spinal Injury, Subway Accidents, TMJ Dysfunction, Third Party Wrongful Death, Tourist Injuries, Transfusion Associated AIDS, Traumatic Brain Injury, Unintended Acceleration, Whiplash, Wrongful Death

Firm: Buckman and Buckman, P.A.

2023 Constitution Blvd. , Sarasota , Florida 34231

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Motorcycle Accidents, Automobile Accidents, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Estate Litigation, Employment Law, Labor Law, Accidents, Animal Attacks, Automobile Negligence, Bicycle Accidents, Boating Accidents, Bodily Injury, Brain Injury, Bus Accidents, Dog Bites, Head Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, School Bus Accidents, Slip and Fall, Tourist Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury, Probate Litigation