Belkis Christina Plata

Mrs. Belkis represented our child in the most critical time needed, when our child was facing Aggravated Battery charges, a felony charge to a minor. She was a pleather of knowledge with years of expertise in her field and believed in our child as we did! She handled our family with such professional...ism and compassion, standing firm by her client and pushing every obstacle that was presented. She was available at all times, guided and communicated all details in a manner understandable to us as a family and our child. We felt at ease every step of the way, from day one to the day the charges were dropped! We have all the confidence in Mrs. Belkis if every we are in need of her again referring her services to anyone else in need! Thank you Again Mrs. Belkis Plata!

Ms.Plata has helped me and changed me as an individual in ways that words can’t explain. For one she’s the best attorney and the only attorney that I would ever recommend to somebody looking for help. I was 16 when my parents first hired Ms.Plata as my defense attorney for a crime that I committed as... a juvenile. Needless to say the state attorney prosecutor decided to charge me as an adult which meant that I had to face a minimum mandatory of 10+ Years in prison on adult charges for my first ever offense and an offense that I committed as a juvenile. Ms.Plata along with her team have fought long and hard for over the last 4 years and continue to fight for me after the matter. I was originally supposed to do 10-15 years on my original charge but after fighting my case for a little over a year, Ms.Plata had convinced the court to sentence me as a juvenile to a juvenile residential facility until my 21st birthday at the age of 17 with the condition that I will not remain a convicted felon afterwards. During that time she was always checking up on me and showed me a type of concern and love that only someone who genuinely cares for their clients can show. I never not once had to worry about her not doing her job or making the right decision or even coming to visit me to check on how I was doing, which as a parent I know means a lot to have someone go beyond their work hours and regular expectations to make sure their children are safe and fine when they can’t. The state attorney that was over my case could only be described as the worst prosecutor that an accused defendant and defendant’s family can ever dream of going up against. Yet Ms.Plata stood there the entire time by our sides and fought with such fierce devotion and strategy to defend me. She in other words can be described as an arch angel set to protect her clients with only the purest intentions yet with the most devoted protection. My parents were immigrants who spoke little Spanish and didn’t know the first thing to do in a situation like this. Yet they heard of her through a friend and were instantly took care of by her. Ms.Plata being bilingual made it easy for them to communicate with her and she made sure that she took care of any concerns that they had while also upholding and maintaining attorney and client privileges. That occurred back in 2018 fast forward to today’s time it is now July 2022 and thanks to Ms.Plata and her team’s hard work I’ve managed to get released early before my 21st birthday. Not only am I not a convicted felon but I was blessed enough to receive a Fully Paid For Two-Year Scholarship to attend any college in the state of Florida that the program that I was sentenced to provided for me that was only possible through the opportunity that Ms.Plata had made for me. Ms.Plata has been an amazing lawyer, a great family friend, and more importantly a mentor to me and someone that I could always go to and will forever look up to. She has forever impacted my life in ways that words will never be able to describe and been an over all blessing to me and my family’s life, as well as others. Thank You.

By contacting and vetting the best-possible character witnesses for her client, Ms. Plata successfully convinced the Judge to sentence her client as a juvenile, not an adult. Because of her hard work, her client has a better opportunity to attend college, find work, and live life as a productive citi...zen.

Belkis took our juvenile son's case when things looked hopeless with the Public Defender we were assigned. She turned everything around. The State Attorney's office wanted to direct file on our son. Belkis ran circles around them. She is extremely smart, she knows the law, and she works hard. I ...don't know what we would have done without her. One of the things that was so helpful to me during our son's case was how responsive she was. The state was bringing its power against our child and I found myself unable to sleep, eat, or work I was so frightened. When Belkis took the case she made herself available and answered all my questions when I contacted her. This helped ease my mind and allowed me to feel hopeful. She won the case and my son got a second chance, which he has taken full advantage of to become a really fantastic guy, now going to college on full academic scholarship.