Resources: Miami, Florida

Miami Criminal Lawyers The city of Miami is located in southeastern Florida and has the largest city population in Miami-Dade County with 424,662 residents. Miami is recognized as one the most important cities in the southeast due to its importance regarding finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts and international trade. The Miami International Airport is one of the largest airports in the United States. The Port of Miami hosts the greatest number of cruise ships in the world and is the headquarters of Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Lines. The downtown area is home to more than 50 skyscrapers which are used by banks, brokerage houses, major corporations and law firms.

The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit serves the citizens of Miami-Dade County including the following cities: Miami, Miami Beach, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Hialeah, Doral, Aventura, Homestead, Pinecrest, South Miami, Palmetto Bay and Key Biscayne. There are four main courthouses that service Miami and Miami-Dade County.

The Dade County Courthouse is located at 73 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida 33130. This particular courthouse addresses all civil circuit court matters. Another courthouse located in Miami proper is the Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center. This courthouse handles all family matters in Miami-Dade County. Misdemeanor domestic violence cases are prosecuted and injunctions for protection against domestic violence are litigated in this particular courthouse.

The third courthouse in Miami proper is the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building. All Miami felony criminal cases are prosecuted here along with some Miami misdemeanor and DUI cases. The fourth and final courthouse in Miami proper is the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr., Federal Courthouse. All federal criminal and federal civil cases are addressed in this new building.

The Miami criminal lawyers at DMT spend most of their hours at the Gerstein Building defending cases that include: drugs crimes (i.e., cocaine trafficking, marijuana trafficking, cocaine sales, cocaine possession, MDMA trafficking and sales, and marijuana cultivation ("grow house") cases; fraud crimes (i.e., credit card fraud, mortgage fraud, staged accidents and Medicare and medicaid fraud); sex crimes (i.e., sexual battery, lewd and lascivious assault and battery, and child sex abuse), felony domestic violence cases (i.e., aggravated battery, aggravated assault and false imprisonment), and violent crimes (i.e., murder, kidnaping, armed robbery, strong armed robbery, resisting with violence and battery on a law enforcement officers).

Each Miami criminal attorney at DMT spends many hours in federal courthouse defending cases such as cocaine trafficking, marijuana trafficking, heroin trafficking, Medicare fraud, mortgage fraud and money laundering. The Miami criminal defense attorneys at DMT find themselves at the Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center defending domestic violence cases (i.e., assault and battery cases) or clients served with injunctions for protection against domestic violence.

Our office is centrally located to all four courthouses at 3250 Mary Street, Suite 406, Miami, Florida 33133. Call the law office of DMT at (305) 340-2197 for directions from any of the courthouses or your home or business.