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Jon May

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  • Roetzell and Andress

    350 Las Olas Blvd

    Suite 1150

    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

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Practice Areas

  • 50% Federal Crime | 32 years
    50% White Collar Crime | 32 years

About Me

Attorney Jon May defends individuals and institutions accused of serious violations of federal law, including: health care fraud; mortgage fraud; money laundering; mail and telemarketing fraud; and racketeering. He handles cases before the Federal Courts throughout the United States. Mr. May has been counsel in cases that have been covered by the national and international media including the...

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Client Reviews

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Excellent Criminal & Appellate Attorney

Posted by: lance, almost 3 years ago.

Jon served as an advisor to my trial attorney. Even though my trial attorney tried to stay with his own defense when I initiated the addition, he...

Client Review

Posted by: a Criminal Defense client, over 4 years ago.

My only regret was that I did not find John sooner. My situation was very complicated and multifactor. After dealing with MANY Attorneys, John is...
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Endorsements

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Christian K. Lassen II
Christian Lassen
Philadelphia, PA 9 months ago
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

Top-notch attorney. Highly respected in the legal community.

Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr
Cynthia Orr
San Antonio, TX About 3 years ago
Relationship: Worked together on matter

Jon is a cut above most criminal defense lawyers. He is brilliant and a tenacious advocate. In the case in which we were recently associated, he won...

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Résumé

License

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1979 License Status: Member in Good Standing
for the state of Florida
Last updated by Avvo: 04/14/2013

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

Work Experience

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1986–present
May & Cohen P.A.

Education

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1978 JD in Criminal Law
University of Florida School of Law (Levin)

Awards

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2010 Presidential Commendation
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Associations

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2009-present Chairman, White Collar Crime Section
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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Portfolio

Publications

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2012 Stopping the Train Before it Leaves the Station: Convincing Prosecutors Not to Charge Your Client
The Champion
2012 The New British Invasion: Will the UK Bribery Act of 2010 Eclipse the FCPA?
The Champion

Speaking Engagements

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2009 Ethics and Fees
at Second Annual Defending Drug Cases Seminar
2007 The Seven Principles of Effective Plea Bargaining
at Cutting Edge Criminal Defense

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