When you are interacting with a law enforcement officer in Fort Myers and you are not inside a police station or precinct, you can still be considered to be under arrest. Or, if the officer does not have probable cause to place you under arrest, there’s a good chance you are actually being detained. It’s common to be confused over whether or not you, during the course of interacting with a police officer, are being Read More

In Florida, you can expect the authorities to aggressively investigate and prosecute alleged video voyeurism. The crime of video voyeurism occurs when someone is “dressing, undressing, or privately exposing the body at a place and time when that person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.” Places with a reasonable expectation of privacy would exist include bathrooms, changing rooms, fitting rooms, tanning booths, Read More

In their head, many people have this idea of divorce as a long, drawn-out, painful process in which the court is their battleground and their innocent children are stuck in the middle. The truth is that not all divorces must be like this; in fact, the state of Florida tries to help couples avoid this situation as much as possible. Most divorcing couples are encouraged to seek an uncontested divorce, which is where Read More

The coronavirus pandemic has brought huge changes to the world, and we have noticed that many big questions are weighing heavily on people’s minds. While we don’t have answers to the big uncertainties like how long this will last or the best ways to stay healthy, there is one commonly asked question that as criminal law attorneys we are uniquely positioned to answer: What are the criminal ramifications of violating a Read More

Driving under the influence (DUI) is one of the most common criminal offenses Americans are arrested for each year. A DUI conviction can have a significant impact on the rest of your life, which is why it is important to know what you are up against as soon as you see a police car’s lights in your rearview mirror. To help educate Florida drivers like you, we have laid out three misconceptions about breathalyzers so Read More

In addition to penalties (like fines and prison time) that result from a criminal conviction, there are often consequences that follow around those who have been found guilty of serious crimes after they have paid their debt to society. These are referred to as “collateral consequences,” and can dramatically affect people for the rest of their lives. A widely known collateral consequence of a sex crime conviction is Read More