About Kenneth Padowitz

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

What Does Forensic Psychology Make of the Jacksonville Landing Shooting?

Anyone who has ever played a video game or been in the same house with people who do play is aware that player participation can become tense. But video game competitions aren’t usually on the list for sporting events that are likely to erupt into violence. But on a Sunday afternoon, August 26th of 2018, a young man from Baltimore created a “first” in video gaming. He used a handgun to open fire on the active players, murdering two and injuring many more. [...]

What Does Forensic Psychology Make of the Jacksonville Landing Shooting?2024-07-29T14:59:02+00:00

Eyewitness Memory and Misidentification at Trial

When forensic psychology was being established in the late 1870s, among the top topics that got scrutinized was the examination of eyewitness memory. According to the website of History of Forensic Psychology, Albert Von Schrenk-Notzing was the first psychologist to play the role of expert witness during a court hearing in 1896. The case being tried was about a man who allegedly murdered three women. Based on his research on memory and the human mind’s inclination to suggestions of others, Von Schrenk-Notzing claimed [...]

Eyewitness Memory and Misidentification at Trial2024-07-29T14:50:25+00:00

Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases

Eyewitness Testimony – What Is It? If two individuals stand as witnesses of the same event, will their testimonies be the same? Will they tell and describe the event that transpired without any contradictions? When a person witnessed a crime, untoward incident, or other events that need legal support, a testimony from the eyewitness is necessary. The eyewitness will later appear before the court and tell the details of what he/she witnessed on that fateful day. The entire process may be more complicated [...]

Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases2024-07-29T14:04:25+00:00

CASE DROPPED AGAINST WOMAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL FATHER, 88, IN HOSPICE

“The arrest of my client was an abomination from the start. To be deprived of her liberty and taken to jail and strip-searched without a detailed police investigation, for merely visiting her dying Dad in Hospice is the real crime,” he said. “She could not go to her own Dad’s funeral because she was locked up. The State Attorney did the right thing and dropped this case. We will now be filing suit against the police department for false arrest.” - Attorney [...]

CASE DROPPED AGAINST WOMAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL FATHER, 88, IN HOSPICE2024-05-24T15:52:07+00:00

COURT VICTORY! – LEADING CASE ON STAND YOUR GROUND LAW

LEGAL DREAM TEAM WINS BIG AGAIN! Trial Lawyers Ken Padowitz and Joshua Padowitz fought hard for Justice for their client for three and a half years and overturned the Trial Court's adverse decision with what is now one of the leading Appellate Decisions on Florida's Stand Your Ground Law. Felony case dismissed today! LEGAL DREAM TEAM Attorneys Kenneth Padowitz and Joshua Padowitz

COURT VICTORY! – LEADING CASE ON STAND YOUR GROUND LAW2024-03-08T16:06:13+00:00

Husband of Fort Lauderdale woman missing in Madrid says divorce was amicable; FBI experts weigh in on case

“I think the focus should be on a horrible tragic situation of a missing young woman and finding her,” Ken Padowitz, David Knezevic’s Fort Lauderdale-based attorney, told the Sun Sentinel on Tuesday. “The focus should not be on a man who was not in the country and has been cast as a person in the role of a hotly contested divorce, which is just not accurate. That narrative is false.” By SHIRA MOOLTEN | South Florida Sun Sentinel PUBLISHED: February 24, [...]

Husband of Fort Lauderdale woman missing in Madrid says divorce was amicable; FBI experts weigh in on case2024-02-29T02:25:34+00:00

Broward woman accused of trying to kill father in hospice to bond out of jail, attorney says

Attorney: ‘Never in a million years would she harm her dad’ Lawyer Ken Padowitz told Local 10 News that Lori Lee Brucker is set to be released from jail Thursday on a $10,000 bond after initially being held without bond. He said the “very low bond” shows that the case against his client is “very flimsy.” FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The attorney of a 66-year-old Deerfield Beach woman charged with attempted murder after authorities accused her of trying [...]

Broward woman accused of trying to kill father in hospice to bond out of jail, attorney says2024-02-23T00:13:59+00:00

ATTORNEY: HUSBAND DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT IN DISAPPEARANCE OF AMERICAN WOMEN IN SPAIN

David Knezevich was in his native Serbia when his wife, Ana, disappeared from her Madrid apartment on Feb. 2 and has been cooperating with both Spanish police and the FBI, said Ken Padowitz, his Florida-based attorney. The attorney for the estranged husband of an American missing in Spain under suspicious circumstances says his client played no part in her disappearance By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press February 20, 2024, 5:50 PM FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The husband [...]

ATTORNEY: HUSBAND DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT IN DISAPPEARANCE OF AMERICAN WOMEN IN SPAIN2024-02-22T00:47:20+00:00

MISSING PERSON CASE

Attorney Ken Padowitz speaks to Chris Cuomo about his client and the tragic disappearance of his wife

MISSING PERSON CASE2024-02-21T03:20:21+00:00
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