John Patrick Contini is a former prosecutor and veteran South Florida criminal defense attorney since 1983. With over twenty years experience as a trial attorney, he appears in Federal Courts throughout the nation and Florida. He received his BA in 1979 from the University of Massachusetts and his Juris Doctor in 1982 from the New England School of Law. He is a frequent speaker at area schools, drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities (i.e., Faith Farm), jails and prisons, juvenile boot camps, church youth groups, and radio/cable TV talk shows. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar, the Florida Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.