DAVID CASALS

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Pasadena, California 91101

Telephone: 626-***-****

acxv3q@r.postjobfree.com

KEY SKILLS

•Experience in all phases of trial litigation

WORK EXPERIENCE

September, 2005 to present

Law Office of David Casals, Boca Raton, Florida Sole Practitioner

•Represented hundreds of clients from indictment to verdict

•Cases ranged from simple assault to homicide

•Litigated cases involving general negligence (automobile, premises liability and construction defect)

•Handled administrative hearings alleging professional misconduct

May, 2001 to September, 2005

Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, Florida

•Defended the indigent criminally accused in serious felony cases

August 2000-April 2001

Assistant State Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

•Responsible for prosecuting hundreds of misdemeanor cases

EDUCATION

•Nova Southeastern School of Law, Juris Doctor- 1999

•UCLA, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science-1986

LANGUAGES

•Spanish

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND LICENSES

•The Florida Bar; member in good standing

•United States District Court, Southern District of Florida

•Palm Beach County Bar Association

•Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

•Sitting for the 2017 California Bar Examination

REFERENCES

•John Rivera, APD, Chief Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender acxv3q@r.postjobfree.com, 561-***-****, (former employer);

•J. Samantha Vacciana, Esq.; Trial Lawyers of the Palm Beaches, acxv3q@r.postjobfree.com, 954-***-****, (former business partner);

•The Honorable John S. Kastrenakes, acxv3q@r.postjobfree.com, 561-***-**** (Florida 15th Judicial Circuit Judge)

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