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What Constitutes Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon in Orlando?

• February 5, 2024
• anckrdev
• Criminal Defense

What is Aggravated Assault in Florida?

According to Florida law, aggravated assault consists of four elements:

• One party intentionally threatens, by word or act, to commit violence against another.
• The threatening party appears to have the ability to carry out the threat.
• The threat causes a well-founded fear in the other party that violence is imminent.
• The assault was perpetuated either with a deadly weapon or with a conscious intent to commit a felony.

In short, aggravated assault involves the additional act of using a deadly weapon or the intent to commit a felony.

What is Considered a Deadly Weapon?

While guns, knives, and even automobiles may first come to mind when thinking of a deadly weapon, far more objects

Why You Need a Lawyer to Handle Your Divorce

• November 28, 2023
• Lawyer Michael Panella
• Divorce

What are the most valuable things in your life? Initially, you probably think of your home, your cars, or maybe some precious jewelry. But when you take a moment to consider the question, you realize that the answer doesn’t include financial assets. No, the most valuable things in your life are your family, friends, and pets. When you are facing divorce, these things are as much at risk as your physical possessions, and losing them is much more traumatic than losing your new car. Protecting these valuable relationships is the reason why you need a lawyer to handle your divorce.

How a Family Law Lawyer Helps Protect the Valuable Things in Your Life

Dissolution of marriage in Florida is a complicated endeavor. Florida’s divorce laws have over 100 sections that cover everything from the distribution of assets and attorney’s fees to visitation rights for deploye

Mitigating DUI Penalties: Factors That Influence Sentencing

• November 28, 2023
• Lawyer Michael Panella
• DUI

It’s easy to end up with DUI charges in Florida. You can even be charged with DUI when you haven’t been driving. Whatever the reason behind your charges, one thing is clear — without an experienced Florida DUI lawyer for penalty mitigation in your case, you face serious legal consequences. 

A DUI conviction can bring penalties that include significant fines and prison time. Having DUI charges on record can also impact other areas of your life, like your ability to get a job or maintain custody of your children. Fortunately, a skilled DUI defense lawyer in Florida knows how to craft an argument designed to reduce the possible consequences of a DUI conviction as much as possible. 

How Florida Defines DUI

DUI, or driving under the influence, is often thought of as drinking and driving. While it’s true that drunk driving falls under the DUI umbrella, the legal definition of DUI in Florida is a bit more complicated. 

DUI also includes

Exploring Alternative Dispute Resolution in Criminal Cases

• November 28, 2023
• Lawyer Michael Panella
• Criminal Defense

Going to court isn’t the only way to resolve a legal dispute. One widely used alternative to litigation is ADR — alternative dispute resolution. Criminal cases in the past haven’t been eligible for resolution through ADR, even with the representation of a Florida criminal defense attorney. However, there’s a growing push to introduce ADR into criminal proceedings as a possible option for resolving the conflict between two parties. 

Its introduction into the criminal justice system broadens the options available for resolving a criminal case and offers a new form of justice for victims and a number of benefits for individuals who have been charged with a crime. 

What Is Alternative Dispute Resolution?

Alternative dispute resolution is a widely used approach for resolving legal disputes without unnecessarily draining court resources. Court dockets are often so booked up that people are left waiting months for a court hearing. This is the case