About Kenneth Padowitz

Kenneth Padowitz is a Fort Lauderdale, FL., based criminal defense attorney.

SUN-SENTINEL: TATE’S PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS HIS ROLE MODEL’S PRECEDENT (Article from March 2001)

Padowitz, 40, who grew up in west Broward and is an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern's law school, has taken a lot of good-natured ribbing from his prosecutor colleagues. They welcomed him back from a trip to New York for a series of TV interviews with a giant poster on his door that labeled him "Minister of Justice." It was a reference to the numerous times that he said he had to follow American Bar Association guidelines that say prosecutors [...]

SUN-SENTINEL: TATE’S PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS HIS ROLE MODEL’S PRECEDENT (Article from March 2001)2022-11-03T14:47:41+00:00

COURT OK’S VIDEO ANIMATION AS LEGAL TOOL IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE (Article from 1996)

But Broward Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Padowitz, who prosecuted Pierce, maintains that jurors are able to weigh video evidence just as easily as any other type. With the ruling, he said, computer-animated videos will become increasingly popular in criminal courtrooms. "It gives us the green light," he said. "This is the first time in the nation that we have an appellate court saying computer animations are acceptable in a criminal case."    AMY DRISCOLL Herald Staff Writer  Miami Herald DATE: March [...]

COURT OK’S VIDEO ANIMATION AS LEGAL TOOL IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE (Article from 1996)2024-08-20T14:59:17+00:00

PARKLAND RESOURCE OFFICER SCOT PETERSON RELEASED FROM JAIL

Former Broward Prosecutor Ken Padowitz said the jury in this case will be told that a caregiver in this case is a person responsible for a child’s welfare. “I don’t see where the debate is here. I think it’s very clear what the law says,” Padowitz said. “The officer wasn’t at that school to be part of the gardening club planting roses. He was there to protect the faculty and students. He was a caregiver clear as day.” [...]

PARKLAND RESOURCE OFFICER SCOT PETERSON RELEASED FROM JAIL2022-11-03T14:46:05+00:00

WIFE TESTIFIES AGAINST MAN IN CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE (Originally published 1990)

Assistant State Attorney Ken Padowitz sought her cooperation. When she balked, he had her arrested in June. Then she talked and was released. By LARRY KELLER, Staff Writer December 6th, 1990 Richard Martin went on trial on Wednesday for the second time on charges that he sexually molested an 8-year-old girl. The key witnesses who testified against him were his wife and the girl. Jane Martin resisted initial efforts by the State Attorney's Office to compel [...]

WIFE TESTIFIES AGAINST MAN IN CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE (Originally published 1990)2022-11-03T14:44:15+00:00

Confessed Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz To Inherit Over $430K, Prompts Public Defender To Withdraw From Case

CBS4 News asked longtime Broward Prosecutor and Criminal Defense Attorney Ken Padowitz for some perspective. FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Confessed Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz is about to come into a sizable amount of money. That’s according to a court document filed Wednesday afternoon by Cruz’s lawyers at the Broward Public Defender’s Office. The document says Cruz is “entitled to half of a death benefit valued at $864,929.17.” It appears that the money is from his dead mother’s [...]

Confessed Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz To Inherit Over $430K, Prompts Public Defender To Withdraw From Case2022-11-03T14:42:57+00:00

JURY TRIAL WIN!

Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer Ken Padowitz had a client and College Student charged with DUI. The case was tried in front of a Jury for 1 1/2 days in front of Judge Pole. The verdict: NOT GUILTY!

JURY TRIAL WIN!2019-10-20T21:35:49+00:00

Legal Elite Award Winner

Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer Ken Padowitz receives Legal Elite Award Kenneth Padowitz, a Fort Lauderdale based Criminal Defense Attorney, has been the winner of Florida Trend's Legal Elite for 2018. A past recipient of the prestigious Legal Elite designation, Ken Padowitz is well known in the legal community as a former Broward County Homicide Prosecutor, Adjunct Law Professor and aggressive and creative Florida Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer. With well over 300 Jury Trials and 35 First Degree [...]

Legal Elite Award Winner2019-10-20T21:35:49+00:00

BIG CASES OFTEN CREATE COURT `STARS’ (Originally published 2001)

Padowitz was visiting his 92-year-old grandmother when her nurse said she recognized him from the television coverage of the Tate trial. ``At first I was flattered,'' Padowitz said. ``Then she said, `Yes, I recognize you from your bald spot.' That's where the camera was focused every day. Suddenly, I wasn't so flattered anymore.''   By DAVID GREEN  The Miami Herald November 11, 2001 Attorney Ken Padowitz questions Medical Examiner on the witness stand in front of Jury After [...]

BIG CASES OFTEN CREATE COURT `STARS’ (Originally published 2001)2019-10-20T21:35:50+00:00

Tate Case Prosecutor Sees Self as Moral Force

(Originally Published March 18, 2001 - Miami Herald) ``Prosecutors don't just seek convictions,'' he says, leaning across his desk in a cramped office strewn with boxes of depositions and bundles of autopsy photographs. ``They're charged with a higher moral duty to ensure that justice is done.'' By CAROLINE J. KEOUGH Miami Herald March 18, 2001 Ken Padowitz is a true believer. The man who fought to put Lionel Tate in prison for the rest of his life, then asked Gov. [...]

Tate Case Prosecutor Sees Self as Moral Force2019-10-20T21:35:50+00:00

JURY TRIAL

Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer Ken Padowitz in Two Day Jury Trial Two day Jury Trial DUI Judge Pole Verdict: Not Guilty

JURY TRIAL2019-10-20T21:35:50+00:00
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