As the crime and criminal are growing at a faster pace, so there is a need to check this pace. Whenever a person gets affected by these criminals, he looks for a lawyer to protect him. These people trust the lawyers to a great extent. In Florida, basically there are many criminal lawyers. They are best known for their case winning strategy and successful background. Some names include Bruce Jacob, Bryant Bowles, Chasterfield Smith, Juan Ramirez, Michael Mcdnnell, Roy Black,Tim Howard. All these are very successful and well known. They practiced a lot and won various cases.

Bruce R. Jacob was Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida during early 1960s. He won various cases, the biggest case was Gideon v. Wainwright, arguing against Gideon. After leaving the job, Jacob worked as a private lawyer for the firm of Holland, Bevis & Smith, now Holland & Knight in Bartow and Lakeland in Florida. He at that time completed his LL. M. degree at northwestern University, and joined the faculty of Emory University School of Law, where he established the legal Assistance for Inmates Program at the Atlanta Penitentiary.

In 1969, Jacob was appointed, by the Supreme Court, as counsel for petitioner in Kaufman v. United States case. He served as Research Associate in the center for criminal justice, assisted in the establishment of the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project. He subsequently served as Professor and Director of Clinical Program at the Ohio State University College of Law, as Dean and Professor of the Mercer University School of Law.

Bryant William Bowles Jr. was a white supremacist bitterly opposed to racial integration of public schools in US. He joined the Marine Camps in 1939, was trained as a bugler, and served during World War II and the Korean War as a Corpal.

Michael McDonnell is a Florida civil and criminal trial lawyer whose clients have included film legend Hedy Lamarr, baseball hall of famer Gaylord Perry and members of the rock band Rush. His cases have been featured on Court TV where he is also a guest commentator.