Criminal Defense Lawyer Qualifications

Attorney Jonathan Blecher, Miami Florida

• Defended over 3,000 DUI and Suspended License cases
• Defended thousands of criminal cases
• Former Miami-Dade County Assistant State Attorney, Prosecuted DUI to Murder Cases, 1981-1984
• Former Senior Trial Attorney, DUI Defense, Essen & Essen, P.A.
• Former Member, Florida Bar DUI and Traffic Court Rules Committee
• Lecturer at Metro-Dade Police Academy, Courtroom Procedure for Police

• Federal Trial Bar
  Southern District of Florida
  Middle District of Florida
  Eastern District of Michigan
• Admitted to the Florida Bar in 1982

Experience

• Admitted to practice before:
  the United States Supreme Court
  the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
  the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, Eastern District of Michigan
• Associate Justice, University of Florida Traffic Court

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, University of Florida, 1978
• Juris Doctor, University of Florida, 1981

Memberships & Contributions

• Member, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Miami
• Member, Business Network International
• Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member, Florida Bar, Criminal Law Section
• Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Member, American Civil Liberties Union
• Judge, University of Miami Law School Moot Court and Mock Trial Competitions
• Member, Florida Blue Key, University of Florida
• Member, Omicron Delta Kappa, University of Florida
• Life Member, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity
• Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 1973
• National Eagle Scout Association
• Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America