Justice Achieved! Five counts DROPPED including Felonies with mandatory convictions and facing prison time, against former Bridge-Tender - all dropped to a Withhold Adjudication on a Reckless Driving misdemeanor (no conviction) and court costs! Defense Attorney Ken Padowitz with client Patrick celebrating Justice! Two years of work and announcing ready for trial. Time and pressure make a diamond! It also was Justice achieved and the right result.
Criminal Defense Trial Attorney Ken Padowitz has been nominated as a Top Lawyer in South Florida as published in the South Florida Legal Guide for 2020.
Trial Lawyer Ken Padowitz recognized again in BEST LAWYERS for 2020! To visit Best Lawyers Site CLICK HERE
“I think that’s good news for everybody in Broward County and in the state of Florida,” said Defense Attorney and former Broward County prosecutor Ken Padowitz. Padowitz believes the change will put the focus for law enforcement where it belongs — on serious crime. August 19, 2019 By Carey Codd CBS 4 BROWARD COUNTY (CBSMiami) — Broward County prosecutors are the next to announce a change in the way marijuana possession cases are prosecuted in the wake [...]
Padowitz, 40, who grew up in west Broward and is an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern's law school, has taken a lot of good-natured ribbing from his prosecutor colleagues. They welcomed him back from a trip to New York for a series of TV interviews with a giant poster on his door that labeled him "Minister of Justice." It was a reference to the numerous times that he said he had to follow American Bar Association guidelines that say prosecutors [...]
But Broward Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Padowitz, who prosecuted Pierce, maintains that jurors are able to weigh video evidence just as easily as any other type. With the ruling, he said, computer-animated videos will become increasingly popular in criminal courtrooms. "It gives us the green light," he said. "This is the first time in the nation that we have an appellate court saying computer animations are acceptable in a criminal case." AMY DRISCOLL Herald Staff Writer Miami Herald DATE: March [...]
Former Broward Prosecutor Ken Padowitz said the jury in this case will be told that a caregiver in this case is a person responsible for a child’s welfare. “I don’t see where the debate is here. I think it’s very clear what the law says,” Padowitz said. “The officer wasn’t at that school to be part of the gardening club planting roses. He was there to protect the faculty and students. He was a caregiver clear as day.” [...]
Assistant State Attorney Ken Padowitz sought her cooperation. When she balked, he had her arrested in June. Then she talked and was released. By LARRY KELLER, Staff Writer December 6th, 1990 Richard Martin went on trial on Wednesday for the second time on charges that he sexually molested an 8-year-old girl. The key witnesses who testified against him were his wife and the girl. Jane Martin resisted initial efforts by the State Attorney's Office to compel [...]
CBS4 News asked longtime Broward Prosecutor and Criminal Defense Attorney Ken Padowitz for some perspective. FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Confessed Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz is about to come into a sizable amount of money. That’s according to a court document filed Wednesday afternoon by Cruz’s lawyers at the Broward Public Defender’s Office. The document says Cruz is “entitled to half of a death benefit valued at $864,929.17.” It appears that the money is from his dead mother’s [...]
Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer Ken Padowitz had a client and College Student charged with DUI. The case was tried in front of a Jury for 1 1/2 days in front of Judge Pole. The verdict: NOT GUILTY!