Attorney J. LaDon Dewrell, Founder

Backed by 60+Years of Experience

As an AV Preeminent Attorney rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, Don Dewrell has been practicing criminal defense law for over 55 years. In that time, he has defended many high profile criminal cases in both Federal and State Courts throughout the Florida Panhandle.

 

​In his distinguished career, Mr. Dewrell has easily tried hundreds of cases to verdict and represented thousands of clients. His reputation as a skilled and effective lawyer is well known throughout Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton Counties.

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Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1965

• U.S. Supreme Court

• The Northern District of Florida of the United States District Court

• The Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals

• The United States Supreme Court

​Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida

  • LL.B. - 1964

  • Honors: Phi Delta Phi

• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

  • B.S. - 1962

​​Representative Cases

• Jobe V. Jobe, 958 So. 2d 539 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)

• Drake V. Drake, 684 So. 2d 753 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)

• Fabre V. Levine, 618 So. 2d 317 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)

• Orr V. State, 382 So. 2d 860 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980)​