Jacksonville Criminal Attorney Blog

This past year, Public Defender Offices all over Florida are in crisis. With the major budget cuts, individual assistant public defender's case loads are growing larger every day. In Miami, the public defenders caseloads are around 500!

The budget crisis has also effected the Jacksonville, Clay County, and Nassau County Public Defender's Office. While many public defenders are good lawyers, due to extremely large caseloads, it is difficult to give each criminal client and their families individual attention.

When you hire The Forbess Law Firm, our Jacksonville Criminal Law Firm, our Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyers are available to you and your family 24 hours a day.

If you have been arrested in Jacksonville, Clay County, Nassau County, or St. Johns County, contact our Northeast Florida Criminal Lawyers at (904) 634-0900.

Many criminal law firms claim they are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but when you call them, you get an answering service.

At The Forbess Law Firm, you will speak with an experienced criminal defense lawyer at any time of day or night, seven days a week. That is our commitment to the citizens of Jacksonville who have been accused of a crime.

Our Jacksonville criminal attorneys represent those accused of crimes in Northeast Florida, including Duval County, Clay County, Nassau County, and St. Johns County.

There are many criminal defense lawyers in Jacksonville, Clay County, St. Johns County, and Nassau County. In that mix of attorneys, many advertise that they are "Former Prosecutors". That means that before they decided, for whatever reason, to start defending people charged with crimes, they devoted every work day to prosecuting them.

Some questions you could ask them are:

How long were you a prosecutor?

How many people have you put in jail?

How many people have you put in prison?

Have you ever prosecuted someone you thought may be innocent?

Did you always believe the police?

Even if you didn't believe the police on a case, did you prosecute the criminal charges anyway?

What made you switch sides?

At The Forbess Law Firm P.A., all of our Jacksonville Criminal Defense Attorneys are proud to say we have NEVER been prosecutors. We have always defended citizens who have been charged and arrested.

If you have any questions about criminal charges or if you have been arrested in Jacksonville, don't hesitate to call our Jacksonville Criminal Attorneys 24 hours a day 7 days a week at (904) 634-0900.