Gary Kollin
Attorney and Counselor-at-Law
Email: garykollin@garykollinlaw.com

Practice Areas: Police Misconduct(15%); Appellate Practice(10%); Civil Rights(10%); Class Actions(5%); Criminal Law(30%); Personal Injury(10%); False Arrest(10%); White Collar Crime(10%).

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

Law School: University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1979

College: Harvard University, A.B., Biology, 1975

Member: The Florida Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Biography: Recipient, "Super Lawyer" rating in Civil Rights Law, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2006 and 2007. 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 Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Board Certified Criminal Appellate, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)

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); Simmonds v. State, 873 So.2d 472 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Madison v. State, 726 So.2d 835 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).

Born: Miami Beach, Florida, 1953

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