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Nicole Valdes Hardin
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Biography
Nicole Hardin is an Assistant Public Defender handling felonies in the Fifth Circuit. She is qualified co-counsel on death penalty cases and has worked to develop sentencing training for incoming felony attorneys. She is a co-author of two publications attacking the science of cell phone tracking in criminal cases.
She attended the City University of New York at Queens College School of Law and is an alumnus of their Defender’s Clinic. While a student she interned for United States Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis in the Southern District of New York, the Capital Defender’s Office in New York City and the Capital Division of the Legal Aid Society of New York. She is a member of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.
Practice Areas
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Practice Area
Criminal Defense
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20 years | 5,000 cases
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Licensed in Florida for 19 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 2006
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Location
Ocala Public Defender's Office
204 NW 3rd Ave, Ocala, FL, 344756634
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Nicole Valdes Hardin's Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer."
"Fights incredibly hard for her clients and her results prove it. Excellent criminal defense attorney."
"Ms. Hardin is a tireless advocate for her clients and will fight tooth and nail to make sure her clients rights are protected. She makes sure that all of her clients are fully informed at all times. Although she is a Public Defender with a large caseload, she fights for each client as if they were her only client. I highly endorse this lawyer."
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Experience
Honors
2015
Board Certified - Criminal Trial, Florida Bar
Work Experience
2006 - Present
Assistant Public Defender, Ocala Public Defender's Office
2004 - 2004
Legal Intern, Legal Aid Society Nyc
2004 - 2004
Legal Intern, New York State Capital Defender Office
2004 - 2004
Legal Intern to Ronald Ellis, United States District Court For The Southern District Of New York
Associations
2013 - Present
National Association of Criminal Defense AttorneysMember
2010 - Present
United States District Court for the Middle District of FloridaMember
2007 - Present
Florida Association of Criminal Defense LawyersMember
2006 - Present
Florida BarMember
Education
2005
City University of New York School of Law at Queens College
Speaking Engagements
2015
National Forensic College
Riley, Legal Developments and Strategic Litigation Challenges in Digital Evidence: Historical Cell Site Information, Stingray
2015
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Cell Phone Evidence in Post-Conviction Innocence Cases
2014
National Forensic College
Digital Evidence in Practice: Motions, Strategy, and Cross of Experts
2013
The Criminal Docket Podcast, Episode 32
Stingrays, Pings and Triangulation – Oh my!
2013
Suppress It! Litigating Constitutional Rights in the Quest for Victory
Search, Seizure, and Cell Phones: Taking On the State's "Irrefutable" Evidence
2013
NDIA Regional Conference
Combatting Cell Phone Tracking
2013
Defender Summer School
Search, Seizure and Cell Phones
2012
Building A Better Defense
Sentencing Alternatives
Publications
2012
Judicature
Cell Tower Junk Science
2011
Daily Journal
Cell Tower Victories
Languages
English