Michael
Braxton - Fort
Lauderdale DUI Attorney
Michael Braxton, a former partner at the law firm of Essen
& Essen et al., started his career as a Public Defender
in Tampa, Florida. He has defended thousands of people charged
with DUI as well as other serious felony cases. During his
career, he has tried over 100 criminal jury trials and countless
bench trials. His success in the courtroom has led to numerous
verdicts of not guilty in cases ranging from DUI to attempted
murder. In addition to his success in trial, he has had
numerous cases dismissed based on police misconduct, destruction
of evidence, illegal stops, and a number of other reasons.
He has handled and won countless driver's license hearings
in which people arrested for DUI had their licenses returned
to them. Mr. Braxton has lectured at several DUI seminars
and taught hundreds of attorneys throughout the State of
Florida on the art of winning a DUI case. He also has lectured
on the topic of "How to Properly Cross Examine a Witness."
He has written nationally published articles on such DUI
topics as "Excluding Breath, Blood, and Urine results"
and "Unlawful Police Stops." Mr. Braxton has handled
DUI cases throughout the State of Florida including Dade,
Broward, Palm Beach, Monroe, Seminole, Okaloosa, Manatee,
Sarasota, Lee, Sumter, Hillsborough, Polk, Orange, Union,
Santarosa, Brevard, Martin and Pinellas Counties. He received
his Law degree from Nova Law Center in 1993 and his B.S.
degree in Business Administration at the University of Connecticut
in 1990. He is now a partner at the law firm of Parks &
Braxton, P.A. and continues to focus on defending those
persons charged with DUI in Fort Lauderdale and elsewhere
in the state of Florida. Mr. Braxton is also admitted to
practice law in the State of New Jersey.
Andrew Parks - Fort Lauderdale DUI
Attorney
Andrew Parks began
his career as a prosecutor for the Broward County State
Attorney's Office in Fort Lauderdale. After leaving the
State, he worked for, and eventually became the youngest
lawyer to become partner at the law firm of Essen &
Essen et al. As both a prosecutor and a defense attorney
Mr. Parks has served as lead counsel in thousands of DUI
cases. He has tried over 100 cases and argued countless
motions to dismiss. He has handled and won countless driver's
license hearings in which people arrested for DUI had their
licenses returned to them. As a result of his success as
a DUI lawyer, he has been invited to speak at seminars around
the State including "An Approach to Defending a Drunk
Driving Case"; "Dismantling the State's DUI Case";
and, "The Art of Winning a DUI Case With Motion Practice."
His arguments have been published on the front page of the
national DWI Journal on topics including how to beat the
breath test as well as how to use police misconduct to dismiss
a case. Mr. Parks has handled DUI cases in Broward, Dade, Palm Beach, Monroe, Lee, Collier, Leon, St.
John's, Glades, Hendry, Holmes, Lake, Seminole, St. Lucie,
Duval, Okaloosa, Walton,
Bay, Levy and Sarasota Counties. He received his Law degree from Hofstra
University School of Law in New York in 1995. As a partner
at the law firm of Parks & Braxton, P.A. Andrew Parks
continues to dedicate his skills to the defense of those
charged with DUI in Fort Lauderdale and throughout the state
of Florida.
William
Direnzo - Fort
Lauderdale DUI Attorney
William Direnzo began his career as a prosecutor for the Broward
State Attorney’s Office. While an Assistant State Attorney, Mr.
Direnzo was a senior trial attorney assigned to thousands of DUI
cases. Mr. Direnzo, has lectured and taught lawyers on the various
ways to attack the breath machine through the use of expert
witnesses. In addition, he has instructed many of the DUI officers
on topics ranging from how to properly administer field sobriety
exercises, search and seizure issues, and matters concerning the
breath test. Mr. Direnzo has had countless DUI jury trials and
handled hundreds of motions to dismiss and suppress evidence. Mr.
Direnzo was also a lead prosecutor in the felony division where
his jury trials ranged from drug charges to attempted murder. As a
DUI defense attorney, Mr. Direnzo has tried and defended DUI cases
in almost every county in the State of Florida. Furthermore, he has handled and won
countless administrative driver’s license hearings
throughout the State of Florida in which people
arrested for DUI have had their licenses returned to them. He is a
member of the Florida Bar since 1998 and received his law degree
from Nova Southeastern University. Mr. Direnzo’s experience as a
DUI prosecutor has given the firm a unique perspective as to how
each state witness will testify in court. Mr. Direnzo is a partner at Parks & Braxton, P.A.
