200 South Indian River Drive
Suite 200
Fort Pierce, FL 34950
Telephone: 772.489.8501
Email: [email protected]
Attorney Jonathan Jay Kirschner is a Florida Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer continually since 1984. This certification is the the Florida Supreme Court’s highest recognition for Criminal Trial Lawyer specialists.
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: University of New Hampshire/Franklin Pierce Law School.
College: Post-Graduate Doctoral candidate and funded Graduate Assistant, 1981-1984.
Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. (FACDL); Past member of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD); United States District Court for Southern and Northern Districts of Florida.
Publications: Author, “The Probable Cause Requirement in Custodial Detentions,” New Hampshire Bar Journal, Vol. 21, Number 3, July 1980.
Biographical: Chief Assistant Public Defender, Fort Pierce office; 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; 2008 until present, Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., & Associates, LLC; May 2022 through February, 2025, Partner, Kirschner & McEnery Law, Chartered.
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). R.A., A Minor, vs. State of Florida, 4D10-676 ( 4th DCA, March 2, 2010)., R.A., A Minor, vs. State of Florida, (R.N.”2″), 30 So.3d 725 (4th DCA, April 7, 2010)., Rossman v. Profera, 67 So 3d. 363 (Fla. 4th DCA, 2011), Andrist & Stanhope v. Spleen, 142 So.3d 950 (Fla. 4th DCA, 2014).
Born: Miami, Florida, March 1, 1955.
Board Certified Fort Pierce Criminal Trial Lawyer; Member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; State and Federal Courts; Aviation and Marital Law.
