Announcing

our ELEVENTH

"Crimson Conversations"

Why Defense Attorneys Matter

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Criminal Defense Attorney - Valentin Rodriguez (Harvard College, 1991)

 

Val will provide rare insight on how criminal defense attorneys play a pivotal role in the current opioid epidemic in Palm Beach county.


Valentin (“Val”) Rodriguez is a native of West Palm Beach, Florida.  He was educated in Palm Beach County public schools, and received a bachelor of art honors degree cum laude in Government from Harvard University.  He received a law degree from the University of Miami in 1994.  He has practiced law in Florida since 1994, first serving with a law firm focused on civil rights cases.  He is a member of the Florida Bar, all federal court bars in Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Atlanta, and the United States Supreme Court.  At present, he is board certified by the Florida Bar in Criminal Trial Law.

Val  wrote his senior college thesis on the implementation of the death penalty in Palm Beach County during the 1980s. He worked for several years with the local Public Defender’s Office helping write policy and organize programs for indigent persons, while he studied at Harvard. He worked his way through law school with a local civil rights firm.    Val entered into his own law practice in 1996, and has a clear record of public service and success in both civil and criminal cases, at both the state and federal levels, and for appeals at all levels.  Val handles all types of civil cases as well, including civil rights cases, contract disputes, and other representation of organizations and small businesses. Val has completed over 100 jury trials in state and federal courts, and has represented over 200 persons charged with serious federal crimes.  He also handles appeals at all levels.  He has argued in front of the Florida Supreme Court, having won an important appeal relating to the Confrontation Clause, and has argued in federal courts in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Atlanta. 

 

Date:        Thursday, May 25, 2017

Time:       6:00 pm cocktails, 7:00 pm presentation 

Place:       EMKO, 2119 S. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL  33401

Parking:   on the street

Event Organizer:  Sandra Arber (Sandra.Arber@post.harvard.edu) (561-900-7176) 

RSVP's not necessary

 

 

We look forward to seeing you there!!!