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JEANINE
graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. from the
College of Arts and Sciences. She graduated with honors in her major,
anthropology, and her minor, political science.
Jeanine graduated from Stetson University College of
Law with honors in 1997. Due to her dedication to the Stetson Community
and the community as a whole, upon graduation, she received many awards
including: the Dean’s Award; the Ralph Steinhardt Award; the William F.
Blews Pro Bono Award; and was selected for Who’s Who among Students in
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Jeanine joined the Office of the Public Defender for
the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa in 1998. She has represented
clients in thousands of criminal cases, ranging from misdemeanors such as
Domestic Violence Battery, Violation of Domestic Violence Injunction, and
DUI’s to felonies including Murder, DUI Manslaughter, Capital Sexual
Battery, Kidnapping, as well as all types of theft and drug charges.
Jeanine has served as the supervisor for the Office of
the Public Defender for all the Drug Divisions in Hillsborough County,
including the Drug Pre-Trial Intervention Program, she has served as the
Division Chief of the Sex Offender Division, and she has served as a
member of the Homicide Division.
In addition, from February 2000 until August 2004, she
was responsible for all the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually
Violent Predator cases. She was the first attorney to argue an Involuntary
Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predator issue to the Florida Supreme
Court, and she won.
In additional to her extensive trial background,
Jeanine is responsible for two Florida Supreme Court opinions and several
DCA opinions, because she believes in fighting meritorious issues all the
way to the top.
Jeanine is a member in good standing of the Florida
Bar, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Hillsborough
County Bar Association, and the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers
and the Sex Offender Commitment Defense Association.
Jeanine has been a guest speaker for the Florida Public
Defender Association, at the Building a Better Defense IX, Sex Crimes,
Lies and Videotape Conference in 2002, and the Involuntary Civil
Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Conference in 2003 and 2004.
Jeanine has also been a guest speaker for the Florida Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers, in 2002 and 2003 and for the National
Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, 2002 Annual Meeting.
Jeanine is currently scheduled to be a guest speaker for the Florida Bar
in the fall of 2004. |
