Our client hired us because the Department of Revenue previously got a Final Judgment establishing paternity and child support 17 years ago. Our client had been paying and was current. Now, just as the time was ending, the Department of Revenue filed a Motion to Modify so as to increase, retroactively, the support amount. Longwell Lawyers was hired and we filed a Motion to Dismiss their claim and countered with our own Petition for Modification to lower the support amount. The Department of Revenue decided to dismiss their Petition for Modification. We are happy to deliver this great result for our client!

Our client was facing a series of efforts by the other parent to thwart time sharing. Longwell Lawyers got involved and successfully obtained an Order protecting our client’s rights. Attorney Doug Dorner was supported by the whole team at Longwell Lawyers, including attorneys Erin Berry, Melissa Zeglen, and Mark Longwell, as well as paralegals Nancy Gonzalez and Carmen Niehoff.

It is common for people fighting over child custody to use injunctions/restraining orders to try improperly to get an advantage. When our client was served with a temporary injunction/restraining order, Longwell Lawyers had it dismissed within days!

Our client was charged with Battery (Dating Violence). Attorney Melissa Zeglen and the rest of the Longwell Lawyers team got to work and got the case dropped.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at our client’s house and found over 28 grams of cocaine. Our client was arrested and charged with Trafficking in Cocaine in an amount over 28 grams.  This charge carries up to 30 years in prison with a 3 year mandatory minimum prison sentence, if convicted. Once Longwell Lawyers was hired, we got to work. Longwell Lawyers obtained all the discovery and evidence and established that the cocaine was not attributable to our client. We filed a Motion to Dismiss and set it for a hearing. Based upon the facts, evidence, and law, the State chose not to fight us on the Motion to Dismiss and filed a Nolle Prosequi, dropping the case.

Our client was accused of burglary, trespass, and criminal mischief. Longwell Lawyers was able to get the state to not file the burglary even before formal charging. However, the state persisted in charging the trespass and criminal mischief. Attorney Melissa Zeglen led the effort on behalf of Longwell Lawyers and provided convincing legal arguments, prompting the state to drop the remaining charges.

Our client was being held without bond for a felony violation of probation from a grand theft case she previously had. Longwell Lawyers worked swiftly to get our client released and the violation dismissed.

Longwell Lawyers worked diligently to get a successful outcome.

Based on a strong legal and factual presentation by Longwell Lawyers, the charges were dropped before trial.

Longwell Lawyers worked over the case and set it for trial, resulting in the case being dropped.

Longwell Lawyers worked up the case and prepared it for trial, causing the state to drop the charge without the need for a trial.

Longwell Lawyers prepared for trial and challenged the case – causing the State to drop the charges.

Longwell Lawyers was able to get the case dropped through pre-trial diversion.

Longwell Lawyers filed a Motion to Suppress, resulting in the case getting dismissed.

Our client was in jail on a felony violation of probation warrant without bond because of a new arrest. Within a week of hiring Longwell Lawers, we were able to get the new charge dismissed and the client was reinstated to probation with no conviction and no additional jail time.

Our client was in jail with a revoked bond. Within one week of hiring Longwell Lawyers, the case was dropped and the client was released.

Our client was facing a serious felony charge of Battery Domestic Violence, but Longwell Lawyers was able to get the case dropped.

Client was facing serious criminal charges, but Longwell Lawyers was able to get the prosecutor to drop the case.

Client was accused of unlawfully entering a motor vehicle and then kidnapping a person and committing battery. Longwell Lawyers was able to show the prosecution why the client was not criminally responsible, and the case was dropped.

Our client was the Respondent against an Injunction. After a hearing, the Injunction was dismissed.

Client was facing a serious criminal charge and hired Longwell Lawyers.  Attorney Andrew Long led the effort in getting the case dismissed.

Our client was the Respondent against an Injunction. After a hearing, the Injunction was dismissed.

Client was accused of leaving a traffic crash without giving the lawfully requires information to the other driver.  Longwell Lawyers got the prosecutor to drop the case.

Our client was arrested for allegedly failing to leave a hotel property after being told to do so (trespass) and resisting arrest. Longwell Lawyers was retained and got to work. All charges were dropped.

Our client was charged with DUI (causing his license to be suspended) and Possession of Cannabis. Mallory first successfully challenged the administrative driver license suspension that had been imposed on our client. She was able to get DHSMV to invalidate the license suspension and our client’s driver’s license was fully restored. Then, Mallory filed and won a Motion to Suppress in the criminal cases, resulting in the cases being dismissed.

Longwell Lawyers was contacted to represent an individual who was arrested in Brevard County for Battery and Disorderly Conduct. The bigger problem was that the client was being held on an extradition warrant because he was serving a felony probation sentence from another state when he was arrested here. Longwell Lawyers got to work. First, we were able to get the battery and the disorderly conduct charges dropped in a very short period. Then, we got an Order removing the extradition hold – allowing our client to be released. Amazingly fast and effective. We were hired on 1/3/24 and got it all done within 8 days!

Opposing party filed a Supplemental Petition for Modification to have more time sharing with the children and pay less child support to her client. Carmen filed a Motion to Dismiss the Supplemental Petition for Modification for her client and it was granted. Opposing party is not allowed to request the court to modify the time sharing or change the child support.

Our client was initially charged with leaving the scene without providing information and with a civil ticket for failure to yield. Attorney Mallory Lizana meticulously reviewed the facts, evidence, and statements made by all parties involved in the case. This provided her with key elements that warranted attention and could potentially impact the outcome of the case. Mallory presented this information to the state, and the state agreed. Our client’s criminal charges were dropped, and the civil ticket was dismissed.

Client was arrested for allegedly making a sale of cocaine to an undercover officer. A video and audio recording documented the transaction. While out on bond, the client was arrested for allegedly possessing cocaine and paraphernalia.

Client was accused of and arrested for entering or remaining in a premises without permission, hindering a 911 call, Assaulting an individual and damaging property.

Our client was stopped for erratic driving and knocking over a street sign. After completing a series of Field Sobriety Exercises but allegedly refusing a breath test, our client was arrested. Due to her prior DUI convictions and prior refusals of the breath test, our client was charged with a felony DUI and a misdemeanor refusal, got her license taken away, and was issued a civil infraction. Our attorney at Longwell Lawyers fought to get our client’s charges dropped and succeeded.

Our client who lives in Orlando had an existing case in New York, in which their daughter was a victim of domestic violence by her ex-spouse. After contacting us, we were able to work with an attorney in New York to move our client’s daughter down to Florida.

Our client was accused of pawning stolen auto rims and tires and faced incarceration due to his criminal history. However, after preparation for trial and negotiations with the court, we were able to get our client sentenced to probation, which runs concurrent to another sentence.

Our brother and sister clients were charged jointly with felony theft. After retaining our representation, their charges were reduced to misdemeanors and neither client was convicted of this crime.

Our client was arrested on five counts of scheming to defraud. They were accused of allegedly accepting money as security deposits for wedding events that never occurred due to the business failing. We were able to help the prosecution understand that there was no evidence that the client ever had the intent to take money without delivering a service, and therefore, that there was no criminal intent. The State of Florida agreed against filing any criminal charges and the case was completely dropped.

Our client was out on bond for felony possession of controlled substances and was later arrested for leaving the scene of an accident. The State moved to revoke the client’s felony bond and require his incarceration until the conclusion of the case. We successfully argued to have the court deny the State’s motion to revoke bond, allowing our client to remain free on bond.

Longwell Lawyers represented the mother of a child in a paternity case involving child custody, visitation/time sharing, and child support. The father filed a petition to have the child taken away from the mother and placed with the father out of state, but our team was able to help the mother win custody and child support from the father.

Our client was the Respondent to a petition for a domestic violence injunction. At the final hearing, we convinced the Petitioner to dismiss the petition, and our client walked away free.

Our client retained our services only days before their trial. In this case, the court denied a motion to continue and the other parent wanted to relocate the child away from Central Florida to South Florida despite our client being the primary caregiver for 11 years. After the trial, the Court denied the other parent’s petition to relocate, and our client remains the primary parent.

Our client was accused of being part of a fraudulent time share sales operation, along with 9 other co-defendants. After hiring our firm for representation, we successfully fought to get all charges dropped.

Client was accused of being in a bar and possessing/drinking alcohol while under 21 years of age.

Our client was vacationing with family and got arrested because of an alleged altercation. We convinced the State not to file formal charges, and as a result, the State dropped the battery charges.

Our client was accused of embezzling funds from the entity where they were employed as a bookkeeper. After the client retained our firm, we were able to get the Court to dismiss the case altogether.

Trafficking case dropped, pled to lesser charge – 2/8/2016 Client allegedly sold 30 Hydrocodone pills to a Confidential Informant, and was arrested for Trafficking in Hydrocodone – which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 years in prison, if convicted. We found several problems with the Government’s case, and also developed an entrapment defense, which resulted in the case getting dropped from a first degree felony (with a 3 year minimum mandatory) to a third degree felony The Government agreed to a deal under which our client was not convicted and did not get incarcerated. Seminole County Felony Criminal Court

Case Dropped – 5/2/2016 Client’s vehicle was stopped and searched. Law Enforcement found a brand of synthetic marijuana called K2, something they claimed was a “controlled substance” and arrested Client for a 3rd Degree felony. Earlier that day, Client had purchased K2, over the counter, at a gas station. Unbeknownst to both the Gas Station and Client, 6 days prior, Florida’s legislature made possession of K2 a 3rd Degree Felony punishable by 5 years in prison. Longwell Lawyers successfully argued that Client lacked the required knowledge of the substance’s illicit nature. Orange County Criminal Court

Our client was accused of trafficking more than 200 grams of methamphetamine and faced between 30 and 60 years in prison. On the morning of trial, our client accepted a plea offer where they pled to a lesser offense of trafficking between 14 grams and 200 grams of methamphetamine, resulting in 5 years prison instead.

All charges dropped – Case dismissed. – 6/20/2016 Client was accused of raping a 14 year old female. However, the evidence did not support the claim, and the client had an Alibi witness establishing that the alleged offense could not have occurred as claimed. As the result of extensive pre-trial and trial preparation, the State dropped the charges on the day of jury selection. Orange County Circuit Felony Court

No Charges Filed – 6/29/2016 Domestic Dispute led to police and DCF being called. After hiring Longwell Lawyers, the family avoided any adverse DCF actions, the embarrassment of being arrested, and the jeopardy of a prosecution. Client kept his children, was not arrested, and criminal charges and prosecution were averted. Orange County

Charges Dismissed. Client was allegedly involved in an altercation. When security and law enforcement intervened, client allegedly resisted. Orange County Criminal Misdemeanor Court

All charges dropped. Attempted 2nd Degree Murder with a Firearm Aggravated Battery Causing Great Bodily Harm with a Firearm Aggravated Assault with a Firearm Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon Two local businessmen suffered near fatal gunshot wounds when two cars arrived at their place of business and opened fire. Although the victims and passersby initially identified our client as one of the shooters, after careful investigation and pressing deposition questioning the truth came to light. Our client was the victim of hearsay and “word on the street.” Once the prosecution realized that no one actually saw the shooters, but rather just assumed they knew who the shooters were based on “what they heard,” all charges were dropped.

Dismissed: Client was on probation for a Robbery. Unbeknownst to him, the DMV suspended his Driver’s License because of a mix-up regarding the Court Costs that our client owed. A speeding ticket turned into a criminal Driving on a Suspended License charge, which resulted in a No Bond Violation of Probation warrant that could result in a 15 year prison sentence. Longwell Lawyers immediately went to work, swiftly challenging the allegations and questioning the evidence. When the government realized that none of this (but for the non-criminal speeding ticket) was our client’s fault, our Client was released from the jail and his Violation of Probation charge was dismissed.

Clients were accused of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. After investigating the matter, we learned that clients were very emotional because father was being deployed for military action. In addition, the parents other child was being cared for by grandparents. As such, the parents simply entered a store and did not realize that the younger child was still in the car seat. Further investigation revealed that the time period required by the statute was in question. Because of our investigative efforts, we convinced the state attorney to dismiss all charges.

Client was stopped for speeding and arrested after field sobriety exercises. Client refused a breath test. At trial, the DUI was dropped and the client agreed to a plea to a Reckless Driving.

We represented a father who was trying to collect over $30,000 in child support from his former wife. After a hearing on our motion for contempt, the Court granted the motion, found the former wife in contempt, ordered the former wife to make payments through an income deduction order and ordered her to pay for our client’s attorneys fees.

Mother wanted to move out of state. Alleged father filed a petition to established paternity. This action would prevent client from leaving Florida. After reviewing the filings, the attorneys at Longwell Lawyers filed a Motion to Dismiss the petition. It turned out that the petitioner had failed to properly file the petition. The result was that the court granted the motion and dismissed the case. Now the client can relocate with her child.

Client was stopped for speeding and weaving. Officer claims client exhibited signs of being under the influence and admitted to drinking. After taking field sobriety exercises, client was arrested and refused the breath test. The DUI was dropped and the client pled to a Reckless Driving.

A bar security staff member was attempting to detain a suspect involved in an alleged burglary and grand theft when it is claimed that our client came up from behind the security staff member and tried to choke him and pull him away. After filing a Notice of Expiration of Speedy Trial and forcing the case to trial, the State dropped the case.

Client was pulled over for a faulty tag light. Law enforcement claimed to smell cannabis in the car and searched. Cannabis was located and the client was arrested. We were able to point out defects in the case and got the State to agree not to file any charges. Case dismissed.

Client was filming police officers making an arrest. Due to the violence of the arrest the client informed the officers that he was filming them and asked them to “calm down”. One officer told the client to get back. The client did not get back immediately, so the officer pushed him backwards approximately 15-20 feet. The officer claimed that our client then shoved him in the shoulder, which prompted his arrest. A jury trial was completed and the client was found Not Guilty of the felony battery on a law enforcement officer.

Client was accused of running a stop sign and then fleeing when the officer tried to pull him over. Furthermore, officer alleged the client resisted his arrest. After completing discovery and depositions, and filing a pretrial motion, the state dismissed the felony and the client accepted a plea to a misdemeanor only.

We were able to negotiate a custody agreement in our client’s divorce that allowed him to have primary custody over his child for one-half of the year without dragging the case out through months of litigation.

We were able to negotiate a custody agreement in our client’s divorce that allowed him to have primary custody over his child for one-half of the year without dragging the case out through months of litigation

We successfully obtained a court order for the father dismissing the mother’s supplemental petition for modification of custody, visitation and child support within weeks of being hired, no mediation or additional work required on the case.

The child had reached the age of 18 and had been residing with father since August 2000. A motion for Termination of Child Support was submitted to the court and the motion was granted and a credit for $ 8,262.29 was awarded to the father.

Paternity – We successfully obtained a court order designating the client as the father of the child and the court ordered no child support.

We successfully appealed a previous court order stating the mother was preventing from seeking an increase in child support because the father was on active military duty. The mother was permitted to continue her court action for an increase in child support despite father’s active leave abroad.

Our firm successfully prevented the client from being found in contempt of court and having to pay fines, attorney fees and possibly face jail time for failing to pay child support of uncovered medical bills in the approximate amount of $5,000 as previously ordered by the court in his paternity case.

We obtained a court order finding the father of her child in contempt of court for failing to abide by the court’s visitation order and obtained extra visitation for the mother.

We were effective in negotiating with child support enforcement to keep the father’s license from being suspended for failure to pay current child support and arrears.

Client was found in contempt of court prior to retaining Longwell Lawyers. The Court granted Sole Custody to the Father and signed an Emergency Pick Up Order instructing Law Enforcement to take the parties minor child away from the Mother. The Mother then hired Longwell Lawyers, who worked aggressively and diligently to have the Court reconsider it’s prior ruling. The Court granted our Motion for Reconsideration and withdrew its prior ruling. The minor child was reunited with the Mother and the Mother was awarded Primary Residential Custody and Child Support.

Client was the husband, in which the parties had two minor children in common, and were married to each other for over twenty years. The parties jointly owned a marital home, and the husband had a substantial pension that exceeded $500,000.00. It was successfully negotiated that our client would not have to pay permanent alimony and that he would solely keep his pension. In addition, the client’s child support obligations were substantially decreased.

Client was the Husband/Father in a divorce case in which child visitation rights and child support were at issue. Client was successfully awarded substantial visitation with the minor child. In addition, the Father is to have the child for the entire summer with the Mother having visitation with the child, but no overnight visitation. The Father’s child support payments were limited to only $54.00 a month.

Client was charged with Violation of Domestic Injunction. Mother had told Defendant he was not the father of the child they shared after 2 years of supporting the child and mother. Defendant knew the child was his. Mother claimed Defendant called her cell phone to ask how the child was doing in the hopes of keeping the Defendant away permanently. After a jury trial, the client was found Not Guilty. Orange County Court, Dissolution of Marriage, 10/2006: Prior to our representation, client/Husband had an injunction against him for nine months and the wife was awarded primary residential custody of the minor children. Upon retaining our firm for the Divorce case, the client was awarded rotating custody of the minor children and was not obligated to pay child support.

We successfully obtained a court ruling finding the opposing party, the child’s mother, in contempt of court in a pending paternity action for failure to comply with the court-ordered visitation schedule. The court ordered father was entitled to make-up visitation and switched the visitation schedule to be more beneficial to the father and as the father originally requested.

Client had a Domestic Violence Injunction issued against her for allegedly striking her husband. As a result, her children were given to her Husband. After our firm was retained, the Domestic Violence Injunction was dismissed and temporary custody of the children was given to our client. In the Divorce proceedings that followed, the custody of the children was awarded to the client, and the Father was also obligated to pay child support.

Client was stopped for running a red light. The officer claimed to smell cannabis, conducted a search and found cannabis. At trial, the State agreed to drop the charge and client accepted a plea to a misdemeanor paraphernalia charge and received only a $200 fine.

Client was on felony probation from a case that we did not represent him on. He allegedly violated his probation by getting a new arrest for Grand Theft, along with technical violations. At hearing, the case was dismissed by the court.

Client was previously represented by another attorney who advised the client that the case could not be resolved without the client having to serve a substantial amount of time of incarceration. Longwell Lawyers was hired and was able to get the client an extremely favorable outcome that did not involve any incarceration.

Longwell Lawyers successfully litigated a highly contested Motion to Dissolve a Domestic Violence Injunction that had been previously issued against our client. Our motion was granted and the injunction was dissolved.

Our client was stopped for alleged traffic infractions. Law enforcement claimed to smell cannabis and conducted a search. Numerous items, including various illegal drugs, paraphernalia, and a firearm were allegedly seized. The client was facing a minimum of 3 years mandatory prison and up to 30 years if convicted.  Longwell Lawyers filed a pretrial motion challenging the lawfulness of the stop of the client’s vehicle, the seizure of the client, the search of the client’s vehicle, and all the alleged items that were seized. After a hard-fought motion hearing, the judge granted the motion and suppressed all the government’s unlawfully obtained evidence.

Our client was accused of shooting a firearm at the alleged victim with premeditation and with an intent to kill. Attorney Mark Longwell led the effort, and after a 5-day jury trial, the jury took less than an hour to acquit our client. Our client was found NOT GUILTY!

Our client hired us as part of a child custody case. Within days, Longwell Lawyers, led by attorney Carson Mouser, was able to secure an Emergency Order suspending time sharing, in favor of our client

Our client was facing 25 years to life in prison as a sex offender if convicted of the lewd and lascivious sex offense with which he was charged.  Longwell Lawyers litigated the case and won several pre-trial motions while pushing the case to trial. As a result, the State dropped the charge down to a low level, non-sex offense. Our client was not sentenced to jail/prison, and he was not convicted.

Client was accused of attacking a driver of a motor vehicle by reaching in through the open window and repeatedly punching the driver. He was facing up to life in prison. Longwell Lawyers thoroughly investigated the case and compiled exculpatory/exonerating evidence showing that our client, who is a decorated military veteran, was acting heroically to save others from the potential harm that he reasonably believed the reckless driver of the motor vehicle was creating.  The State agreed to drop the charge to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The client was not sentenced to jail, and he was not convicted.

Our client was accused of domestic violence battery. Longwell Lawyers was able to get the State to agree not to file any charges.

Our client was accused of Possession of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony, Felony Possession of Cannabis with a Firearm, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer, and Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Sell/Deliver and facing up to 40 years in prison. The result: misdemeanor possession of cannabis and misdemeanor reckless driving with no conviction and only 6 months of probation to complete a driving class.

Juvenile Resentencing Case results in release from life sentence! Attorney David Redfearn has spent years working on post-conviction and juvenile resentencing matters. One of the cases he has been working involved a young juvenile who had been sentenced to life in prison. While the client was not originally represented by Longwell Lawyers, David Redfearn took the case on a post-conviction, juvenile resentencing matter.  As a result of David’s expert assistance, the young juvenile (now a man) was released from prison after serving 25 years.

Our client unwittingly possessed a firearm and brought it into the airport. The State charged him with felony possession of a firearm. The client considered using another cheaper law firm in town. However, the client quickly discovered that the other firm was focused solely on getting the client to enter a guilty plea. Attorney Abraham believed in her client’s case and focused on getting him a resolution he deserved. She fought for a dismissal, or at the very least, she wanted to fight for a not guilty verdict in trial. She diligently prepared the case for trial. She used the client’s speedy trial right to his advantage and forced the State to file a Nolle Pros (dismissal of all charges).

Our client is the victim of domestic violence. The opposing party, knowing he was about to get arrested for domestic violence, engineered a preemptive defense to our client’s complaint by claiming he was the victim of domestic violence instead. The police arrested our client, and the perpetrator sought a restraining order/injunction against our client. That’s when she hired Longwell Lawyers and Attorney Mouser got to work to help our client get her case back on the right track. Instead of having a restraining order issued against her, our client successfully obtained a restraining order/injunction and served it on the perpetrator and a criminal investigation was undertaken against the perpetrator. Our injunction against her was dismissed and no criminal charges were filed.

Our client was accused of domestic violence battery. Longwell Lawyers got to work and convinced the State to drop all charges.  Result: case dropped.

The client was facing 15 years in prison until Longwell Lawyers got to work. Attorney Mark Longwell led the effort that resulted in all of the charges getting dropped.

Attorney Carson Mouser led the effort that resulted in a mediated settlement, in which our client received a substantial and favorable equittable distibution, alimony and child support judgment.