Joseph C. Bodiford
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501 E. Tennessee St., Suite B, Tallahassee, FL 32308
About Joseph C. Bodiford
Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
Education
- Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida, December, 2014LL.M., Master of Laws
- Major: Advocacy
- Honors: With Honors
- Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, December, 1995Juris Doctor
- Honors: Trial Team (1995)
- Honors: Winner, Mock Trial Competition (1995)
- Honors: Third Place, Closing Argument Competition (1993)
- Honors: Winner, Opening Statement Competition (1993)
Show More - Florida State University, May, 1993Master of Music
- Major: Trumpet Performance
- Honors: Winner, 1992 National Trumpet Competition (Washington, D.C.)
- Florida State University, August, 1991Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Music
- Florida State University, August, 1991Certificate in Trumpet Performance
- Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, Florida, 1987
Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Cross Examination, Florida State University College of Law, August 1, 2015 - May 30, 2017
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Co-director of the FSU COL Trial Team and coach, Florida State University College of Law, Spring, August 1, 2015 - May 30, 2017
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Florida Criminal Procedure, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida, Spring 2012 – present
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida, 2010 - 2014
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Legal Drafting, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida, 2009
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Survey of Florida Law (Florida Criminal Procedure; Premises Liability), Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida
- Trial Team - Coach/Evaluator/Lecturer, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida
- Lecturer, "Jury Selection" and "Juvenile Law", FSU College of Law classes, Spring 2016, 2017
- Lecturer, “Cross Examination, Opening Statements, FSU PAD Trial Team, Fall 2015
- Lecturer, “Opening Statements”, "Objections", FSU Mock Trial Team, 2015 - 2017
- “Bodiford’s 5 Rs of Case Analysis”, Public Defender’s Office, Second Circuit, 2014
- Panelist, “White Collar Crime College”, Stetson University College of Law/NACDL, 2012, 2013, 2014
- “Practicing with Professionalism”, Pinellas County Bar Association, March 2012
- “Handling the First DUI Cases”, LawReview CLE, August 2011
- “Defense of Pill Mill Cases” , Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting, May 2011
- “Criminal Appeals: Bridging the Gap From Trial to Appeal”, Hillsborough County Public Defenders Office, April 2011
- “Handling the First DUI Cases”, LawReview CLE, April 2011, 2011 - Present
- “Defense of Pill Mill Cases”, Stetson College of Law's “Law School for Physicians,” March 2011
- “Ethics in Criminal Cases,” 3-part CLE, Stetson University College of Law Advocacy Resource Center, September 2010
- "The Basics of Criminal Representation", The Florida Bar Basic Criminal Law Seminar, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
- “So, Your Client Has Been Arrested . . . “, Carrollwood Community Bar Association, May 2010
- “DUI: Drinking, Driving, and Your Career”, Stetson University College of Law, March 2010
- “Criminal Appeals: Bridging the Gap From Trial to Appeal” , Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, April 2010
- "Defending DUI Cases", The Florida Bar Basic Criminal Law Seminar, January 2009
- “Preparing for Oral Argument”, Florida State University College of Law Research and Writing Department, March 2009
- “Evidence in a Criminal Trial”, Real Evidence for the Trial Practitioner in Florida for Lorman, August 2007
- “Criminal Appeals,” Appellate Practice for the General Practitioner in Florida, for Lorman, November 2006
- “Presentation of Defense Evidence” and “Concluding the Trial,” The Criminal Defense Trial from Start to Finish, NBI, October 2006
- Lecturer, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Tampa Police Department, and Florida Highway Patrol, 1997 - 1999
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1996
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1996
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2008
- Supreme Court of Florida, 1996
- Florida
Other Affiliations
- William Stafford American Inn of Court, Tallahassee, Florida, 2014 - Present (Master of the Inn)
- Tallahassee Bar Association, 2014 - Present
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Tallahassee Chapter, 2014 - Present
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL)
- Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2006 - 2007 (Vice-President)
- Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2008 - 2009 (President)
- Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2009 - 2013 (Board of Directors)
- Hillsborough County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, 2011 - 2012 (Vice-Chair)
- Florida Bar Criminal Law Certification Committee, 2006 - 2009
- Florida Bar Traffic Rules Committee, 2002 - 2006
- Florida Bar Traffic Rules Committee (Vice-Chair, 2004)
- Florida Bar Traffic Rules Committee, 2005 - 2006 (Chair)
- Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, 2005 - 2006 (Representative)
- Federal Bar Association (Former Member)
Past Positions
- Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, Assistant State Attorney, May 1997 – February 1999
- Office of the State Attorney, 6th Judicial Circuit, Assistant State Attorney, December 1995 – May 1997
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Alpha Delta
Articles
Published Works
- Author
- Author
- Author, Trial By Fire: An Introduction to Trial Advocacy (publication expected 2019)
- Author, Chapter entitled “Cross-Examination in DUI Trial Advocacy”, Witness Preparation and Examination for DUI Proceedings, Aspatore Books (2015)
- Author, Chapter entitled “DUI Discovery and DUI Trial Advocacy”, Trends in DUI Discovery, Aspatore Books (2014)
- Author, Chapter 22: “White Collar Crimes”; Business Litigation in Florida, Florida Bar CLE Manual (all editions, 2001 – 2014)
- Update Editor, Florida Traffic and DUI Practice Manual, Matthew Bender/LEXIS Publishing (2002 – 2016)
- “Beware of what you BLAWG: The case of the Bench, the Blawg, the Bar, the Barrister,” The Defender (Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), October 2009
- “The 3:32am Sleepy Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Guide to Answering the 24/7 Line,” The Defender (Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), April 2009
- Florida Evidence: 1995 Courtroom Manual (credited therein as research assistant to Prof. William Eleazer)
- Contributor, Hillsborough County Bar Association magazine
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Criminal Law
Nearby Lawyers
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