Bodiford Law Information

Joe Bodiford, Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, is a Tallahassee criminal defense EXPERT. That distinction is awarded to less than 1/2 of 1% of all Florida lawyers. Joe is also Board Certified in Criminal Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy - a distinction held by only 1/4 of 1% of all lawyers in Florida! He is also AV* rated (the highest) by national lawyer rating service Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Bodiford has been chosen as a Florida "SuperLawyer" and one of Florida Trend's "Legal Elite" based on voting by other attorneys. Mr. Bodiford is an adjunct professor of law at Stetson University College of Law, where he teaches Florida Criminal Procedure and Trial Advocacy. He has also served as an adjunct professor and co-director of the Trial Team at the Florida State University College of Law. With over 24 years of criminal trial experience, and having tried over 100 actual jury trials, Joe Bodiford has to skills and expertise to help you. Combine that with the fact that Joe is a former prosecutor, a nationally recognized TV legal commentator, a noted seminar lecturer, and a law professor, and author . . . no one could be more qualified to handle your case. Why should you hire Joe? Because he has the experience, the knowledge, the expertise, and the resources to help. There is virtually no case or charge that he has not previously defended, and no issue that he has not dealt with in court. After almost 25 years in the criminal courts, there is no case he is not perfectly suited to handle!