EXPERIENCE:

• Former State Prosecutor

• Former Member of the State Attorney’s Office DUI Manslaughter / Vehicular Homicide Squad

• Former Lead Trial Attorney, County Court

• Former State Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Division Prosecutor

•  Former Child Abuse Prosecutor

• Prosecuted over 45 Jury Trials

• First-hand Experience and Jury Trials for 1st Degree Murder, Manslaughter, Capital Sexual Battery, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Battery, Battery, DUI, Domestic Violence, Grand Theft Motor Vehicle, Petit Theft, and Drug Possession 

EDUCATION:

• Juris Doctorate (JD), Stetson College of Law

• Master of Business Adminisration (MBA), Stetson University

• Bachelor of Science (BS), Florida State University

Melinda Morris
Former State Prosecutor

Melinda Morris has been practicing law since 1999, and is an experienced former State Prosecutor who has handled hundreds of criminal cases from investigation through sentencing. Her local knowledge of the criminal justice system provides you insight into the decision to file charges and the potential disposition sought by the State Attorney’s Office. Coupled with years of extensive work prosecuting cases, she has the ability to identify weaknesses in the State Attorney’s case and pursue the best possible outcome for you.