Practice Areas - Police Misconduct
- Appellate Practice
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
| - Criminal Law
- Personal Injury
- False Arrest
- White Collar Crime
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 954-723-9999
Fax: 954-791-6565
http://www.garykollinlaw.com
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| University | Harvard University, A.B., Biology, 1975 |
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| Law School | University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1979 |
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| Admitted | 1979, Florida; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1979, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona |
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| Memberships | The Florida Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Million Dollar Advocates Forum. |
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| Special Agencies | Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale) Assistant State Attorney; Field Counsel, State of Florida Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale) Assistant Public Defender. |
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| Born | Miami Beach, Florida, 1953 |
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| Biography | Recipient, "Super Lawyer" rating in Civil Rights Law, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2006, 2007, and 2011. Leading Florida Lawyer in the areas of Felonies & Misdemeanor Criminal Defense Law, American Research Corporation (less than 6% of Florida lawyers selected). Nominated, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission for Circuit Court Judgeship, 1986. Listed, Who's Who in American Law; Outstanding Young Man in America. Author: "Post Acquittal Detention: Go Directly Back To Jail After Acquittal," Florida Defender Magazine of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1995; "To File or Not To File, That is the Question," The Florida Court Reporter, Vol. 54, Number 4, Winter 1997-1998. Senior Partner, Gary Kollin, P.A., 1987—; Counsel, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, 1985-1987; Assistant State Attorney, 1981-1985; Assistant Public Defender, 1979-1981. Mensa. Grade Reviewer, Florida Bar Criminal Law Certification Committee, 1999 and 2004 exams. Former Member, Florida Bar 17th Judicial Circuit Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee; Florida Bar 17th Judicial Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee; Florida Bar Criminal Appellate Practice Committee. (Board Certified Criminal Trial and Criminal Appellate Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)
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| Reported Cases | Smith v. United States, 508 U.S. 223 (1993); Kollin v. Ader, 591 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1991); Farmer v. Broward County, 632 So. 2d 658 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); Jones v. Sheriff, 9 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D107 (S.D. Fla. 1995) (Class action against the local Sheriff where the federal judge entered summary judgment proscribing the practice of post-acquittal detention and ordered damages for the class in an amount in excess of one million dollars); Reinfeld v. Sheriff of Broward County, Broward County Florida Circuit Court CACE98020936 (Class action against the local Sheriff for collecting unlawful fees from process servers resulting in a recovery of $400,000); Marrow v. State, 9 So.3d 771 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009); Simmonds v. State, 873 So.2d 472 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Madison v. State, 726 So.2d 835 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Kollin v. Ader, 591 So.2d 320 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Smith v. Moe, 392 So.2d 970 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); Cruz v. State, 884 So.2d 105 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Simmonds v. State, 873 So.2d 482 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Franklin v. Kearney, 814 So.2d 462 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Martinez v. State, 740 So.2d 1231 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Davis v. State, 804 So.2d 400 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); United States v. DeSir, 257 F.3d 1233 (11th Cir. 2001); United States v. Cordero, 860 F.2d 1204 (11th Cir. 1988). |
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| ISLN | 905787280 |
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