Joel M. Denaro

Joel M. Denaro is a Miami-based criminal defense trial attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience representing clients in state and federal courts throughout South Florida and the country, including the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, and Washington, D.C. Born and raised in Miami, he attended Miami Palmetto High School and trained at the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office for more than six and a half years as an active trial lawyer. During that time, he tried more than 40 jury trials to verdict, ranging from DUI and felony cases to a murder trial in which he secured an acquittal, as well as a death penalty case in which the jury returned a life recommendation. In 2004, he opened his own practice, Joel Denaro, P.A.

His practice spans the full spectrum of criminal defense, including DUI and drug-related charges, serious felony offenses, white-collar fraud, federal investigations, and RICO matters. His work regularly involves money laundering, international money laundering, narcotics offenses, OFAC violations, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters, often with cross-border exposure spanning Latin America and extradition proceedings. He guides clients through every stage of the process, from investigation and pretrial strategy through negotiation and trial, including jury trials in federal and state courts. While in private practice in the Eastern District of New York, he represented the leader of a money laundering organization in what was, at the time, the largest money laundering case in the country, involving $1.8 billion, before Judge Sterling Johnson; the client received no jail sentence. He also represented the leader of a drug trafficking organization in the largest drug case in the Eastern District of New York, involving 880,000 kilograms, in which the client received a sentence of five and a half years. In numerous other large international matters, his clients avoided criminal charges altogether.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Denaro regularly associates with other lawyers and investigators, including former federal law enforcement, and has worked with many of the same professionals throughout his career.

Denaro has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1999 and is a graduate of New York Law School. He has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 2008.

Joel M. Denaro

Joel M. Denaro es abogado penalista en Miami con más de veinticinco años de experiencia representando a clientes en tribunales estatales y federales en todo el sur de la Florida y el país, incluyendo el Distrito Sur de Nueva York, el Distrito Este de Nueva York y Washington, D.C.

Nacido y criado en Miami, cursó sus estudios en Miami Palmetto High School y se formó en la Defensoría Pública de Miami-Dade durante más de seis años y medio. Durante ese período, intervino en más de 40 juicios con jurado, desde casos de DUI hasta un juicio por asesinato en el que obtuvo la absolución, y un caso con pena de muerte en el que el jurado recomendó cadena perpetua. En 2004, abrió su propio despacho, Joel Denaro, P.A.

Su práctica abarca todo el espectro de la defensa penal, incluyendo DUI, delitos de narcóticos, fraude de cuello blanco, investigaciones federales y asuntos RICO, con frecuente exposición transfronteriza que abarca América Latina y procedimientos de extradición.

Denaro es miembro del Colegio de Abogados de Florida desde 1999 y graduado de New York Law School. Ha sido incluido en Best Lawyers in America desde 2008.