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!

Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer Ken Padowitz receives Legal Elite Award Kenneth Padowitz, a Fort Lauderdale based Criminal Defense Attorney, has been the winner of Florida Trend's Legal Elite for 2018. A past recipient of the prestigious Legal Elite designation, Ken Padowitz is well known in the legal community as a former Broward County Homicide Prosecutor, Adjunct Law Professor and aggressive and creative Florida Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer. With well over 300 Jury Trials and 35 First Degree [...]

Padowitz was visiting his 92-year-old grandmother when her nurse said she recognized him from the television coverage of the Tate trial. ``At first I was flattered,'' Padowitz said. ``Then she said, `Yes, I recognize you from your bald spot.' That's where the camera was focused every day. Suddenly, I wasn't so flattered anymore.''   By DAVID GREEN  The Miami Herald November 11, 2001 Attorney Ken Padowitz questions Medical Examiner on the witness stand in front of Jury After [...]

(Originally Published March 18, 2001 - Miami Herald) ``Prosecutors don't just seek convictions,'' he says, leaning across his desk in a cramped office strewn with boxes of depositions and bundles of autopsy photographs. ``They're charged with a higher moral duty to ensure that justice is done.'' By CAROLINE J. KEOUGH Miami Herald March 18, 2001 Ken Padowitz is a true believer. The man who fought to put Lionel Tate in prison for the rest of his life, then asked Gov. [...]

Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer Ken Padowitz in Two Day Jury Trial Two day Jury Trial DUI Judge Pole Verdict: Not Guilty

Ken Padowitz is a former Broward homicide prosecutor who has represented clients charged in hot-car deaths. Padowitz, who isn’t involved in the Pembroke Pines case, said these are “horrible tragedies, no matter how you look at it. There are no winners in these situations.” By Anne Geggis and Juan Ortega  South Florida Sun Sentinel October 4, 2018 A woman turned herself in to police Wednesday afternoon to face a felony charge in the death of her 17-month-old [...]