The Client was accused of child abuse by his girlfriend’s ex-husband. After a lengthy and technical evidentiary hearing that centered on whether or not the Court would allow children to testify in court and whether or not the Court admit child hearsay evidence, the Court ruled in favor of the Client and Denied the Injunction.

The Client had numerous attorneys prior to hiring Jessica. He was already in a very bad position with an injunction prohibiting him from seeing his daughter, having already been held in contempt and in serious debt for unpaid support. Jessica steadily turned the case around: the injunction was dissolved, time sharing was increased, child support was reduced, and the Former Wife was held in contempt.

The Husband left the Client for a much younger woman after over 30 years of marriage. He moved out and stopped paying the very expensive mortgage. He promptly made sure he earned less money and claimed he could not afford the bills. Jessica presented evidence that the Husband has always paid the mortgage and was conveniently under employed. The Court ordered that he pay approximately $4,000.00 per month in temporary support.

The client wanted to move to another State to be closer to her parents. The Father was exercising his time sharing, had a strong bond with the child, paid child support, and was objecting to the move. Jessica was able to present a schedule to the Court that would give the Father the same amount of overnights as he already had, and that the move was in the child’s best interest. The Court granted the relocation.

Though there is a presumption in Florida that 50/50 time sharing is in the children’s best interest, Jessica was able to convince the Court that this case was different. Jessica presented evidence that the Father had only rarely attended the children’s doctors appointments, was not knowledgeable about their serious health conditions, and felt the mother was overreacting but did not have an expert to support that allegation. Moreover, Jessica presented evidence that the children generally spent the majority of their time with the mother and they preferred that. In addition, their relationships with the Father were strained.

The Defendant was indicted by a grand jury for murder in the first degree. The evidence showed that she shot her husband 9 times, when he was unarmed and either asleep or laying on a couch. Jessica, with the help of expert forensic psychologist, was able to show the jury that the Client was a battered spouse, and though her husband was not armed at the time of the shooting, she was reasonably defending herself. The entire trial was televised and Jessica was interviewed extensively. Since this trial, Jessica has appeared regularly on Court TV as a court analyst.

The Defendant was charged with violent and sexual crimes against 2 minors. Jessica was able to show the State Attorney’s Office that the minors were lying about the details of what actually happened. Jessica was also able to show through their social media and texts that the minors initiated the incident. The State Attorney’s office could not ignore Jessica’s arguments and dismissed all of the most serious charged and the Defendant was sentenced to Probation, where he had been facing life in prison.

The Client was in the middle of a messy divorce when his wife falsely accused him of hitting her in the face. She had injuries on her face and claimed that he battered her in front of one of their young children. The police believed her and arrested the Client. Though she testified against the Defendant at an injunction hearing, and provided photos of her injuries, the Court saw through her lies. Jessica entered evidence of video footage, from the approximate time of the incident, proving there was no altercation and that the wife left home without incident. Jessica also presented witness testimony that refuted the Wife’s testimony. The Court denied the injunction. Jessica immediately provided a recording of the hearing to the State Attorney’s Office, and they dismissed the criminal case. Just weeks after the arrest, the Client was back in his home and with his children.

The client was accused of pushing his way into his friend’s home, when she wasn’t home, and molesting and abusing her children. Jessica argued that the victim’s stories were inconsistent with one another and that the alleged victim of molestation made the allegations up to distract her mother from the fact that she was skipping school and using drugs.

The client was initially facing the death penalty, and then a mandatory Life sentence for Murder and Attempted Murder. The surviving victim named and identified the client as the murderer and historical cell site tracking revealed that the client was near the scene of the crime. At trial, Jessica was able to show the jury that there was another suspect that the police ignored who was just as likely to have committed the crime. Moreover that the cell phone records could only put the client’s cell phone within a few miles of the crime scene, not at the scene as the police had claimed. After a 3 week trial the jury could not make a decision. Jessica tried the case again, and this time the State brought in a jail house snitch. Through very thorough investigation, Jessica learned that the snitch was being paid very well for his testimony against the client. However, after a month long trial, the jury still could not reach a decision. The lengthy trials and extensive investigation led to the State reducing the charges and agreeing to a 5 year prison sentence, instead of Mandatory Life.

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The client was a caretaker accused of stealing a large amount of money from an elderly woman whom she was caring for. The State had significant evidence including receipts, videos of the client cashing checks made to cash at the bank and a doctor who stated that the alleged victim was not in her right mind. Jessica was able to show the jury that the client and the alleged victim had a very close relationship and the client took outstanding acre of her. Moreover, the alleged victim’s family had filed a civil law suit and their motive in the criminal case was to get paid.

The Client was accused of child abuse by his girlfriend’s ex-husband. After a lengthy and technical evidentiary hearing that centered on whether or not the Court would allow children to testify in court and whether or not the Court admit child hearsay evidence, the Court ruled in favor of the Client and Denied the Injunction.

The Client had numerous attorneys prior to hiring Jessica. He was already in a very bad position with an injunction prohibiting him from seeing his daughter, having already been held in contempt and in serious debt for unpaid support. Jessica steadily turned the case around: the injunction was dissolved, time sharing was increased, child support was reduced, and the Former Wife was held in contempt.

The Husband left the Client for a much younger woman after over 30 years of marriage. He moved out and stopped paying the very expensive mortgage. He promptly made sure he earned less money and claimed he could not afford the bills. Jessica presented evidence that the Husband has always paid the mortgage and was conveniently under employed. The Court ordered that he pay approximately $4,000.00 per month in temporary support.

The client wanted to move to another State to be closer to her parents. The Father was exercising his time sharing, had a strong bond with the child, paid child support, and was objecting to the move. Jessica was able to present a schedule to the Court that would give the Father the same amount of overnights as he already had, and that the move was in the child’s best interest. The Court granted the relocation.

Though there is a presumption in Florida that 50/50 time sharing is in the children’s best interest, Jessica was able to convince the Court that this case was different. Jessica presented evidence that the Father had only rarely attended the children’s doctors appointments, was not knowledgeable about their serious health conditions, and felt the mother was overreacting but did not have an expert to support that allegation. Moreover, Jessica presented evidence that the children generally spent the majority of their time with the mother and they preferred that. In addition, their relationships with the Father were strained.