Category Archives: Firm News
Founding Partner and Past FACDL President Jason Blank Quoted in Article About the Section of the Florida Law Prohibiting Adults Under Age 21 from Carrying a Concealed Firearm Being Unconstitutional
By Rafael Olmeda South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/25/2025 Effectively dismissing a case against a Fort Lauderdale resident who turns 20 in December, Broward Circuit Judge Frank Ledee said the restriction is inconsistent with the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms, and with other… Read More »
Founding Partner and Past FACDL President Jason Blank Quoted in Article About Florida’s Leading Agency for Immigration Arrests Not Using Body Cameras
Ana Goñi-Lessan Stephany Matat USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida August 11, 2025 Florida officers have arrested thousands of immigrants this year. It took 12 minutes before a Florida Highway Patrol officer checked Griselda Vazquez-Duran for injuries after bashing the driver’s window of her gray GMC with a baton. In March, the trooper had pulled… Read More »
Founding Partner and Past FACDL President Jason Blank Quoted in NPR Story About Judges See a Chilling Effect from Immigrants’ Arrests at Criminal Courthouses
August 8, 2025 By: Meg Anderson, NPR News As the Trump administration seeks to scale up deportations, ICE agents have been increasingly seen at immigration courts and criminal courthouses. Defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges say they’re seeing a chilling effect on criminal proceedings, not only on the defendants but on witnesses and victims. AILSA… Read More »
Jason Blank Comments on the Florida Supreme Court Reworking the Speedy Trial and Formal Charges Timelines
March 14, 2025 By Mark D. Killian www.floridabar.org The Florida Supreme Court has revised the state’s criminal procedure rules, amending the speedy trial procedures and timeline for filing formal charges. The new rules, which take effect July 1, extend the recapture period, set a new starting point for speedy trial deadlines — beginning when… Read More »
FACDL President Jason Blank Highlights Annual Sips & Suit Event
Floridabar.org Mar 05, 2025 The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL) recently hosted “Sips & Suits” events across the state, bringing together criminal defense lawyers for some networking while giving back to their communities. These events aimed to replenish Public Defenders’ trial clothes closets by collecting professional attire for their clients in need… Read More »
FACDL President and Founding Partner Jason Blank Comments on DeSantis Possibly Blocking Florida’s TRUMP Act Immigration Death Penalty
FACDL President and Founding Partner Jason Blank Comments on DeSantis Possibly Blocking Florida’s TRUMP Act Immigration Death Penalty to CBS 12 in West Palm Beach. You can read the story and watch the full video by clicking here and view Jason’s segment below.
Partner Jason Blank Comments on the Broward Sheriff’s Office Actions in Rapper YNW Melly’s Retrial
Partner Jason Blank comments on the Broward Sheriff’s Office Actions in a recent Sun Sentinel article entitled Can Defense Lawyers Go Too Far? Prosecutors Face Dilemma When Targeting Courtroom Opponents. Threatening to charge opposing counsel with a crime could be seen as an intimidation tactic that could backfire and create issues the defense can… Read More »