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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

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 [...]

(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. [...]

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

Ken Padowitz is a former Broward homicide prosecutor who has represented clients charged in hot-car deaths. Padowitz, who isn’t involved in the Pembroke Pines case, said these are “horrible tragedies, no matter how you look at it. There are no winners in these situations.” By Anne Geggis and Juan Ortega  South Florida Sun Sentinel October 4, 2018 A woman turned herself in to police Wednesday afternoon to face a felony charge in the death of her 17-month-old [...]

Ken Padowitz Awarded "Best Lawyers" Recognition Best Lawyers has awarded Broward criminal lawyer, Kenneth Padowitz, recognition and inclusion in Best Lawyers. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. Best Lawyers lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens [...]

Criminal Defense Trial Attorney Ken Padowitz: "At this point in time he is pleading Not Guilty and we will go forward with our investigation and take it from there..."  Attorney Ken Padowitz discusses the investigation and his client's innocence with WSVN reporter Gina Benitez.  (To watch video CLICK HERE) COCONUT CREEK, FLA. (WSVN) - A man who said he was the victim of a hate crime in Coconut Creek was arrested over the weekend. Police arrested [...]