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Sonya Margaret Rudenstine
also known as Sonya Rudenstine
About Sonya
Biography
Immediately following her graduation from N.Y.U. School of Law, Ms. Rudenstine served as the "Death Penalty Clerk" for the New Jersey Supreme Court, where she wrote Bench Memos for the Court on upcoming death penalty cases. She then moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where she worked as a staff attorney for the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit organization committed to the representation of death row inmates on appeal and in postconviction proceedings. From Alabama, Ms. Rudenstine moved to Durham, NC, where she did similar work at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation before following her partner to Gainesville in 2003. She taught criminal law for two years at the University of Florida and Florida Coastal School of Law and then opened her own criminal appellate practice in August 2006. She practices in Florida appellate courts, Federal district courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Ms. Rudenstine currently is expanding her practice to include Title IX sports related lawsuits.
Practice Areas
1
Practice Area
Appeals
100%
27 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
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Licensed in Florida for 21 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 2004
No misconduct found
Licensed in Alabama for 26 years
State: Alabama
Acquired: 1999
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Sonya Margaret Rudenstine
224 NW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, FL, 32601
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Experience
Honors
2010
Legal Elite, Appellate Practice, Florida Trend Magazine
2008
President's Award, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
1998
Gary Moncrieffe Award, N.Y.U. School of Law
Work Experience
2006 - Present
Owner, Sonya Rudenstine, Attorney at Law
Associations
2008 - Present
Federal Bar AssociationMember
2004 - Present
Florida Association of Criminal Defense LawyersCo-Chair, Amicus Committee
2004 - Present
Florida State BarMember
2003 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense LawyersMember, Indigent Defense Committee
1999 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1999 - Present
Alabama State Bar (inactive)Member
Education
1998
New York University School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1992
Stanford University
B.A.
Publications
2010
2008
The Defender, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“Petition for Quo Warranto Succeeds in Second Judicial Circuit”
2005
12 Clin. L. Rev. 143
With Ty Alper. “The Briseno Dilemma,” in Ty Alper, Anthony G. Amsterdam, Todd Edelman, Randy Hertz, Rachel Shapiro Janger, Jennifer McAllister-Nevins, Sonya Rudenstine & Robin Walker-Sterling, Stories Told and Untold: Lawyering Theory Analyses of the First Rodney King Assault Trial
Languages
English