Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney
Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney.
Selected as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" each year from 2005 to 2016! Author of "Drunk Driving & Related Vehicular Offenses" (Fifth Edition) published by the LEXIS Law Publishing Company. Contributing author for the book Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases (Aspatore Publishing House).
He was also selected, by his peers, as one of the "Best of the Bar", as noted in the South Florida Legal Guide, by Florida Trend Magazine as one of South Florida's "Legal Elite" and as a "Florida Super Lawyer". Also named in the Fifth Anniversary Edition of the South Florida Legal Guide as a "Top Attorney".
FIRM-PROFILE: Mr. Reiff has established a highly successful criminal trial practice concentrating in all areas of state court criminal defense litigation. He holds the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell and he was named a member of The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers by the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register. He has also been named as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" by the prestigious "Best Lawyers in America". He has been chosen as an "exceptional" criminal defense attorney every year since 1996 by the Consumer Guidebook of Law and Leading Attorneys (Florida) and he has been named by South Florida Business Journal as one of the "Best of the Bar" in South Florida, as one of "Florida's Top Lawyers", as chosen by his peers, in Florida Monthly Magazine, as one of the "Top Lawyers in South Florida" in the South Florida Legal Guide, and as one of "Florida's Top Lawyers" by Florida Monthly. He was selected as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" by the Best Lawyers Consumer Guide and as one of the "Leading American Lawyers" by the Guide to Leading American Attorneys, and one of Florida's "Legal Elite" by Florida Legal Trend magazine. The firm, which consists solely of Mr. Reiff, was named one of "South Florida's Top Law Firms" by Miami Metro Magazine. Nominated as the International Legal Professional of the Year - 2005 and named one of "2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century" by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England. Selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Law. Mr. Reiff is also a member of the Editorial Board of the prestigious DWI Journal of Law & Science.
Though Mr. Reiff brings his winning work ethic to every case, his expertise in the DUI field is nationally recognized; locally, he received the number one rating in an in-depth Miami Herald investigation of the most effective DUI advocates in South Florida in this ever-increasingly complex and enforced are a of criminal law. He is the author of "Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses" which is published by the LEXIS Law Publishing Company.
Robert Scott Reiff, born New York, New York, February 9, 1958. Admitted to bar, 1984, Florida; 1985, New York; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
AWARDS: Chosen as one of "The Top Lawyers in America" for 2005-2016 by "The Best Lawyers in America" Guide. Selected as a "Florida Super Lawyer". Named in the Fifth Anniversary Edition of the South Florida Legal Guide as a "Top Attorney". A.V. rated (their highest rating) by Martindale - Hubbell and named a member of The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers by the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register. Chosen as an "exceptional" criminal defense attorney by Consumer Guidebook of Law and Leading Attorneys (Florida) 1996-present and selected as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" by the Best Lawyers Consumer Guidebook. Recipient of the South Florida Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" Award well as one of the "Leading American Attorneys" by the Guide to Leading American Attorneys. Named one of Florida's "Legal Elite" by Florida Trend magazine and one of "South Florida's Top Law Firms" by Miami Metro Magazine; Florida Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney since 1990; National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. Named one of "2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century" by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge England and nominated as "International Legal Professional of the Year" by the same organization. Mr. Reiff is also a member of the Editorial Board of the prestigious DWI Journal of Law & Science.
EDUCATION: Ithaca College (B.A. cum laude, 1980); Boston University (J.D., 1983) [Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award].
AUTHOR: Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Defenses" (5th Ed.), LEXIS Law Publishing Company; Contributing author for the book Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases (Aspatore Publishing House); DWI Journal Editorial Board; LEXIS "On Line" Legal Author/Expert"; "Auditioning for Your Freedom: Combating the Use of Field Sobriety Exercises in a DUI Case", National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys magazine, Spring 2014; "Something Totally Different in DUI Cases," The Florida Defender, Spring 2007; "Field Sobriety Exercises: Designed For Failure?!; The DWI Journal, January 2006; "The Problem With Field Sobriety Exercises", DWI Journal, September 2004; "Playing To Win!", DWI Journal, February 2003; Florida Defender, Spring 2003; "A Few More Thoughts About Field Sobriety Exercises: Strange Threads from a Warped Quilt", DWI Journal, December 1999; "Jury Selection: Teaching the Acquittal Quilt's Patterns to the Jury", DWI Journal, November 1999, "DUI Roadblocks", The Florida Defender, Fall 1998; "Creative Tips that Work", The Champion, Jan./Feb. 1998; "Twenty Top Tips for Defending DWI Cases", DWI Journal, Sept. 1993; "The Creative Handling of DUI/DWI Administrative Hearings", The Champion, Jan./Feb. 1994; DWI Journal, March 1993; "A Random Sampling of Some Unique DUI Defenses", DWI Journal, June 1992; "Handling the DUI Administrative Hearing (Or How to Hop In Kangaroo Court)", Florida Bar Criminal Law Newsletter, January 1992; "Breath Test Refusal Without Blowing Your License", Florida Bar Journal, October 1989; "The Midnight Phone Call: The General Practitioner and the DUI Arrest", Florida Bar General Practice Journal, January 1987; "Failure to Create or Destruction of a Videotape in DUI Cases: Basis for Dismissal or Suppression?", Florida Bar Criminal Law Newsletter, May 1986, Florida Bar General Practice Journal, October 1986, and the Florida Prosecutor, Sept. 1985.
CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR: "DUI and Other Traffic Offenses in Florida", Florida Bar; "Drunk Driving Defense: An Expert's Approach", Professional Education Group, Inc.; Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases (Aspatore Publishing House).
LECTURER: Webcasts for LawLine.Com "Field Sobriety Tests and the DUI Case"; Webcasts for LawreviewCLE: "Life, Death & The DUI Manslaughter Case" and "Cross Examination of the Arresting Officer in a DUI Case", "What Every Lawyer Should Know About DUI Defense" The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, September 19-20, 2013. "Life, Death & Handling the Vehicular Homicide Case", The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami & the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, October 2012; Cross Examination of the Arresting Officer", The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' "Blood, Breath & Tears Seminar", September 2012; "DUI Update", The Florida Bar's Criminal Law Update Seminar, May 2012.Florida bar's criminal law update seminar in Tampa, Florida on May 17, 2012 for the DUI update; Masters of DUI, The Florida Bar, May 2010; "What Does It Take To Be A Winner?"; Criminal Law Update Seminar, The Florida Bar, April 2010; "DUI Update 2010;" "Cross Examination of the Breath Test Operator: "Can't Keep it Out"; The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "Blood, Breath & Tears XVI Seminar", September 2009; The Iron Chefs of DUI - "Cutting the State's case with a Scalpel and not a Meat Cleaver", The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Miami Chapter, June 2009; "Auditioning for your Freedom: Combating the Use of Field Sobriety Exercises in the DUI Prosecution"; Masters of DUI, The Florida Bar, January 2008; "Field Sobriety Testing: Designed for Failure?"; The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "Blood, Breath & Tears XIV Seminar", September 2007; "Cross Examination of Breath Test Operators: 'We Don't Need No Stinkin' Breath Here'"; The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "Blood, Breath & Tears XIII" Seminar, October 2006; "Motions With Movement: Winning Your Case Before You Get To The Jury", The Florida Bar's "Masters of DUI" Seminar, January 2006; "Field Sobriety Testing: Designed For Failure?!", The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "Blood, Breath & Tears XII" Seminar, September 2005; "The Problem with Field Sobriety Exercises", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami Winter Ski/Snowboard Seminar, March 2005; "Field Sobriety Tests", National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers & National College of DUI Defense's "Presenting a Gold Medal Defense", October 2004; "Inspector Gadget Does DUI Defense", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's "Blood, Breath & Tears XI" Seminar, September 2004; "Breath Testing: Is It Nothing But A House Of Cards?", Lorman Education Group, May 2004; "Effective DUI Representation in South Florida", the Florida Bar's 2004 "Masters of DUI" Seminar, January 2004; "Cross-Examination of the Arresting Officer in DUI Cases", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Blood, Breath & Tears" Seminar, September 2003; "Secrets of DUI Practice in South Florida", the Florida Bar's 2003 "Masters of DUI" Seminar, January 2003; "Playing To Win!", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Blood, Breath & Tears" Seminar, October 2002 and the Minnesota Society of Criminal Justice, July 2002; "Cross-Examination of the Breath Technician", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Blood, Breath & Tears" Seminar, September 2000; "Something Totally Different in Cross-Examination in DUI Cases," Lorman Education Group, May 2001; "Life, Death and the Defense of The Serious DUI Case", the Florida Bar, January 2000; "Weaving The Trial Theme Into Your DUI Case", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Blood, Breath & Tears" Seminar, October 1999 & Dade County Public Defenders Office, December 1999; "Zen and the Art of DUI Defense: A Non-Mainstream Look At Handling DUI Defense", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami, December 1998; "Creative Tips that Work", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Blood, Breath & Tears", September, 1997; "DUI Update," Florida Bar, May 1996; Florida Bar, February 1991, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; March 1991; "Something Totally Different in Cross-Examination in DUI Cases", June 1994; "Handling the DUI Administrative Hearing", Lorman Education Group, April 1994; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, October 1991, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March 1992; "Cross Examination Techniques in Drunk Driving Cases", Florida Bar, June 1994; South Carolina Bar, October 1987, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March 1988; "DUI Defense in the 1990's," Florida Bar, October 1992; "Defending the Drunk Driver", Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March 1990.
MEMBERSHIPS: Editorial Board of the DWI Journal of Law & Science; National Drunk Driving Task Force; National College of Drunk Driving Defense; Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami. (Vice President, 1995-1996; Secretary, 1992-1993; Board of Directors, 1989 - present); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Fraternal Order of Police, Miami Lodge 20, Criminal Defense Team; President's Cabinet - Miami Children's Hospital Foundation; Diabetes Research Institute Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser Committee.
OTHER: Guest Commentator for CNN and Court TV (The Nancy Grace Show); Producer & Part-Time Host of Cable Television Shows "You Be The Judge" and "Constitutional Controversies" 1990, 1991 & 1998-1999. Competitive ice hockey player.
Keywords: Drunk Driving; DUI; DWI; DUI Manslaughter; Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney
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