For over 36 years Gary Kollin has fought to protect the rights of all people in the criminal courts, appellate courts, and in police misconduct, false arrest and civil and constitutional rights cases. Gary Kollin cut his teeth working as a state prosecutor, public defender and chief of a state agency investigating Medicaid fraud.

Gary Kollin prosecuted 1,000s of felony cases while serving as a division chief in the State Attorney’s Office. As a public defender he represented a multitude of clients charged with felonies as well as juveniles charged with all levels of crimes.

After trying hundreds of cases as a prosecutor and public defender, Gary Kollin became a chief of the Auditor General’s Medicaid Fraud Unit. He headed a unit which investigated doctors, pharmacists, nursing homes and other health care providers for cheating the public by stealing funds for the poor and disabled.

In 1987, Gary Kollin entered private practice. He took the years of experience in governmental practice and uses them to provide preeminent legal services.

EDUCATION

JURIS DOCTOR, JUNE 1979
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW

BACHELOR OF ARTS, JUNE 1975
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; MAJOR IN BIOLOGY

HONORS

• MARTINDALE – HUBBELL “AV” RATED
• MILLION DOLLARS ADVOCATES FORUM (MEMBERSHIP IS LIMITED TO TRIAL LAWYERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE WON A VERDICT OR SETTLEMENT OF $1,000,000 OR MORE)
• A LEADING FLORIDA LAWYER IN THE AREA OF FELONIES & MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAW BY THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CORPORATION (LESS THAN 6% OF FLORIDA LAWYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED)
• NOMINATED TO THE GOVERNOR BY SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR CIRCUIT COURT JUDGESHIP IN 1986
• WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN LAW
• OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN IN AMERICA
• MENSA (TOP 10% IQ ORGANIZATION)
• GRADE REVIEWER, FLORIDA BAR CRIMINAL LAW CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE, 1999, 2004, AND 2010 EXAMS
• FORMER MEMBER, FLORIDA BAR 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE
• FORMER MEMBER, FLORIDA BAR 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FEE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE
• FORMER MEMBER, FLORIDA BAR CRIMINAL APPELLATE PRACTICE COMMITTEE
• “SUPER LAWYER” RATING IN CIVIL RIGHTS LAW, APPELLATE, AND CRIMINAL LAW BY SUPER LAWYERS MAGAZINE
• HARVARD CRIMSON KEY SOCIETY
• “TOP LAWYER” IN SOUTH FLORIDA RATING BY THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
• EXPERT AND SPECIALIST IN CRIMINAL TRIAL LAW
• EXPERT AND SPECIALIST IN CRIMINAL APPELLATE LAW
• EXPERT AND SPECIALIST IN POLICE MISCONDUCT AND ABUSE LAW
• EXPERT AND SPECIALIST IN SECTION 1983, CIVIL RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW