Jonathan Jay Kirschner

Jonathan Jay Kirschner

Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Personal Injury; Driving While Intoxicated; Drug Crimes; Wiretapping; Internet Crimes; Sexual Assault; Domestic Violence; Appellate Practice; Alimony; Automobile Accidents; Wrongful Death.

Admitted: 1984, Florida

Law School: Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1981.

College: Florida State University, B.S., 1977.

Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Trial Bar of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida

Publications: Author, "The Probable Cause Requirement in Custodial Detentions," New Hampshire Bar Journal, Vol. 21, Number 3, July 1980.

Biographical: Chief and Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, 19th Judicial Circuit 1984-1988. (Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer (continually since August 1, 1994), Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education);  Associate with Gonano &  Harrell, Chartered, (1989);  Shareholder, Kirschner & Garland, P.A., Fort Pierce, FL 34950 from 1989 until December, 2007,

Reported Cases: State v. Mitchell 490 So.2d 163 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986); State v. Thayer 528 So.2d 67 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988); Reaves v. State, 639 So.2d (Fla. 1994); Gibbs v. State, 698 So.2d. 1206 (Fla. 1997); Rubin v. Rubin, 774 So.2d. 778 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001);Botterbusch v. Botterbusch, 851 So.2d 903 (Fla. 4th DCA, 2003); State v. Schuck, 913 So.2d 69 (Fla. 4th DCA, 2005); Hancock v. Hancock, 915 So.2d 1277 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).

Born: Miami, Florida, March 1, 1955.