Name: Election of Officers
Start: 2025-06-07T10:20:00-0700
End: 2025-06-07T11:45:00-0700

Saturday June 7, 2025 10:20am - 11:45am PDT

Estero Ballroom A & B

FACDL membership required to participate

Speakers

Luke Newman

Luke Newman, P.A.

Luke Newman is a criminal defense lawyer who practices in Tallahassee, Florida. In 2010 he obtained Florida Bar board certification as a specialist in criminal appeals. In 2012 he was appointed to the Florida Bar’s Criminal Law Board Certification Committee, where he served two... Read More →

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Caleb Kenyon

Turner O'Connor Kozlowski, P.L.

Caleb has been involved in FACDL longer than he has been a lawyer. He attended his first annual conference just before sitting for the bar exam and never looked back. Skipping government service, Caleb went straight into private practice with Larry Turner, Ron Kozlowski and Peg O’Connor... Read More →

Jason Cromey

Cromey Law, P.A.

Since becoming a lawyer in 2005, Jason’s career has focused almost exclusively on criminal defense. He practiced as a public defender in Palm Beach and Escambia counties for 7 years before going into private practice. His firm specializes in all areas of criminal defense at the... Read More →

Jim Skuthan

Federal Defender's Office, Middle Districk of Florida

Jim Skuthan has been an attorney with the Federal Defender’s Office in the Middle District of Florida since 1990. He is currently serving as the First Assistant in that office. He has served on the FACDL Board of Directors since 2016 and currently serves as co-chair, with Jason... Read More →

Keeley Karatinos

Karatinos Law, PLLC

Keeley Karatinos is the owner and managing member of Karatinos Law, PLLC, a criminal defense firm in Dade City, Pasco County, Florida. She was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida before moving to Gainesville where she attended the University of Florida, receiving Bachelors in Russian... Read More →

Rick Ruhl

Ruhl Law

I have been a criminal defense attorney for 23 years and have been a member of FACDL for 18 years. I served as a public defender in the 20th Judicial Circuit before entering Private Practice, I am a life member of FACDL, and I have been on the Board of Directors since 2010 serving... Read More →

Ron Ecker

Ronald L. Ecker, II, Attorney at Law

I have exclusively practiced criminal defense as a sole practitioner since founding my firm in 2000. Before that, I spent three misguided years as an Assistant State Attorney before seeing the light and switching sides.I have been a board-certified criminal trial attorney since 2004... Read More →

Spencer Cordell

Law Office of Spencer Cordell, P.A.

Spencer Cordell is a board-certified criminal trial lawyer in Lee County, Florida. He has run his own defense practice since 2011. He graduated from BU School of Law in 2004 and has been practicing in SW Florida ever since. Before that, he went to Miami University- the one up north... Read More →

Vanessa King

The Law Firm of Vanessa L. King

Vanessa King is a seasoned trial attorney with a strong track record in criminal defense. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Central Florida in 2005 and her Juris Doctor from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2011. Vanessa began her legal career as an Assistant... Read More →

Wayne Richter

R. Wayne Richter, P.A.

Currently serving as a Director-at-Large on the FACDL Board of Directors, Wayne has been actively involved with the organization since 2016. Prior to his election to the Director-at-Large position in 2023, he represented the Palm Beach County Chapter as a Chapter Representative. He... Read More →

Saturday June 7, 2025 10:20am - 11:45am PDT
Estero Ballroom A & B

Elections

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