Longwell Lawyers

Correction of Arrearage Amount

Family Law

Orange County

Circuit Court Client agreed to an amount of past child support due. The Respondent agreed that no further payments were required. The clerk of court made an error and continued to count support payments due each month. The respondent realized this and tried to collect the additional funds. After a hearing, our client received a credit for all of the erroneously accrued amounts totaling more than $2,300.00

Domestic Violence Injunction

Criminal Defense

Osceola County

Client was the Respondent to a petition for a domestic violence injunction. At the final hearing, we convinced the Petitioner to dismiss the Petition.

Result: Dismissed

Drug Possession

Criminal Defense

Orange County

Client was arrested for allegedly possessing prescription pills and paraphernalia. At trial, the State dropped all charges.

Stolen Property

Criminal Defense

Orange County

Client was accused of pawning auto rims and tires that were stolen. Client faced incarceration due to his criminal history. However, after preparation for trial and negotiations with the court, client was sentenced to probation that is concurrent to another sentence.

Aggravated Battery

Criminal Defense

Orange County

Aggravated Battery (Domestic Violence); Tampering with a Witness; Petit Theft, Orange County Circuit Court: Client was accused of strangling and physically abusing his girlfriend, then interfering with her ability to call 9-1-1 by stealing her cell phone. At trial, State dropped all charges and client pled to a new misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct – and only was required to pay a fine.

Theft charges

Criminal Defense

Orange County

Clients, brother and sister, were charged jointly with felony theft. After our representation, the charges were reduced to misdemeanors and neither client was convicted of any offense.

Tags: criminal defense, theft

Battery/Domestic Violence

Criminal Defense

Seminole County

Client was accused of punching and pushing her husband during a heated argument. Although the husband did not want to prosecute, the State filed charges and tried to pressure the client to do a diversion program or enter a plea. The client rejected diversion and all pleas. We asserted a self-defense claim and pushed the case toward trial. After hearing testimony in court on the self-defense claim, the State dropped the charge.

Result: Case dropped.

White Collar Crime – Scheming to Defraud

Criminal Defense

Orange County

Client was arrested on five counts of Scheming to Defraud for allegedly accepting money as deposits for wedding events that never occurred due to the business failing. We were able to help the prosecution understand that there was no evidence that the client ever had the intent to take money without delivering a service, and therefore, that there was no criminal intent. The State agreed not to file any criminal charges and the case was completely dropped.

Result: Client not charged/all charges dropped.

Warrants for Violation of Probation

Criminal Defense

Orange County

Client had 2 cases with outstanding warrants for Violation of Probation.  The outstanding warrants were preventing him form collecting his disability benefits.  Through our efforts, we were able to get the violation of probation cases dismissed and the warrants recalled.  The client was never required to turn himself-in on the warrants.  He is also now eligible to receive his benefits again.

State’s Motion to Revoke Bond

Criminal Defense

Seminole County

Client was out on bond for felony possession of controlled substances and was arrested for a new charge of leaving the scene of an accident.  The State moved to revoke the client’s felony bond and require his incarceration until the conclusion of the case.  We successfully argued to have the court deny the State’s motion to revoke bond there by allowing our client to remain free on bond.