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Malcolm Anthony, Esquire

Professional Experience

  • Criminal Defense Law Practice
    Opened Ponte Vedra Beach office in 1994.
  • Assistant State Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit
    St. Johns County, 1990 – 1992
  • Economic Crimes Special Prosecutor
    Duval County, 1988
  • Assistant State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit
    Duval and Clay Counties, 1984 – 1988

Associations

  • Jacksonville Beaches Bar Association ( President, 1998)
  • Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Admissions

  • Florida Bar: 1983

Education

  • J.D., 1983, O.W. Coburn School of Law
  • Regent University School of Law, J. D. 1991
  • B.S., 1980, Oral Roberts University

State v. Moses Floyd, 1995

  • Successfully co-defended sitting County Commissioner indicted for bribery and perjury.
  • The perjury charges were dismissed; Commissioner Floyd was found not guilty on the bribery charge at trial.

State v. Unnamed Defendant, 2000

  • Successfully defended against federal arson charges in the 1999 summer of fires.
  • All federal charges were eventually dropped. This was the first fire of the summer which destroyed over 40 homes.

DUI’s

  • I have successfully defended hundreds of people charged with DUI or BUI, often through trial, many times enabling them to keep their licenses and their jobs or military careers.