Being accused of a sex crime can have life-changing personal, professional, and legal consequences. Our attorneys understand the sensitive nature of these cases and work aggressively to protect our clients’ constitutional rights, reputations, and futures.

As former prosecutors who previously handled sex crimes cases, we understand how these investigations are conducted and how prosecutors attempt to build their cases.

We defend clients accused of:

• Sexual battery
• Rape
• Date rape
• Statutory rape
• Child molestation
• Lewd and lascivious conduct
• Prostitution and solicitation

Our firm approaches every case with discretion, thorough investigation, and strategic defense preparation.

Internet-related sex crime allegations often involve both state and federal investigations with severe penalties upon conviction.

Our attorneys defend clients facing allegations involving:

• Possession of child pornography
• Sexting and explicit messaging
• Online solicitation of a minor
• Internet chat room investigations
• Smartphone image or video allegations
• Federal internet sex crime charges

We carefully examine law enforcement procedures, digital evidence collection, constitutional violations, and possible entrapment issues that frequently arise in these investigations.

Homicide and manslaughter cases require experienced, aggressive, and highly strategic legal representation.

The attorneys at Gomez & Touger, PA, have experience handling homicide cases as both prosecutors and defense attorneys. Members of our firm are also graduates of Florida’s Life Over Death certification program, qualifying them to handle death penalty litigation.

We work alongside investigators and forensic experts in areas including:

• DNA analysis
• Ballistics
• Medical examination
• Accident reconstruction
• Crime scene analysis
• We defend clients accused of:
• Murder
• Manslaughter
• Vehicular homicide
• DUI manslaughter
• Negligent homicide

Florida imposes some of the harshest penalties in the country for drug-related offenses. A conviction can result in prison time, large fines, and a permanent criminal record.

Our Tampa criminal defense attorneys represent individuals charged with:

• Drug possession
• Drug trafficking
• Distribution and sale charges
• Prescription drug offenses
• Federal drug crimes

We defend cases involving:

• Marihuana
• Cocaine
• Methamphetamine
• MDMA/Ecstasy
• Oxycodone
• Hydrocodone
• Prescription medications

Our defense strategies often involve aggressively challenging:

• Illegal searches and seizures
• Traffic stops
• Search warrants
• Constitutional violations
• Police procedure errors

A DUI conviction can affect your driver’s license, employment opportunities, insurance rates, and criminal record for years.

As former prosecutors, we understand how DUI investigations, field sobriety exercises, and breath testing procedures are supposed to be conducted.

We aggressively investigate:

• Traffic stop legality
• Breathalyzer accuracy
• Field sobriety testing
• Police procedure errors
• Constitutional rights violations

We defend:

• First-time DUI charges
• Repeat DUI offenses
• Felony DUI cases
• DUI manslaughter charges

Following a DUI arrest, you may have only 10 days to request a hearing to protect your driving privileges.

Our attorneys represent clients before the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) to help challenge administrative license suspensions and pursue reinstatement options.

Probation violations can lead to arrest, loss of bond eligibility, jail time, or prison sentences.

We defend clients accused of violating probation conditions involving:

• Failed drug or alcohol testing
• Failure to report
• Failure to complete community service
• Failure to pay fines or costs
• New criminal charges

Our attorneys work quickly to help clients minimize penalties and protect their freedom.

A criminal record can affect employment opportunities, housing applications, professional licensing, and financial opportunities.

In certain situations, Florida law allows individuals to seal or expunge qualifying criminal records.

Our attorneys help clients determine eligibility for:

• Record sealing
• Criminal expungement
• Record confidentiality procedures

Identity theft allegations may involve accusations related to:

• Credit card fraud
• Forged signatures
• Stolen Social Security numbers
• Fraudulent identification documents
• Tax fraud schemes
• Unauthorized use of another person’s identity

Many identity theft investigations also involve federal criminal allegations such as wire fraud, mail fraud, or forgery charges. Our attorneys carefully investigate financial records, digital evidence, and law enforcement procedures to build strategic defenses for our clients.

Embezzlement and theft allegations often arise in employment, business, or financial settings where prosecutors claim that funds or property were intentionally misappropriated.

We represent individuals accused of:

• Employee theft
• Corporate embezzlement
• Financial fraud
• Theft from organizations or institutions
• Misuse of business funds
• Family or fiduciary-related theft allegations

Many of these cases involve misunderstandings, accounting disputes, or insufficient evidence regarding criminal intent. Our legal team aggressively examines financial documentation, investigative procedures, and prosecutorial claims to challenge the allegations against our clients.

Insurance fraud investigations can involve allegations against policyholders, medical providers, clinic employees, pharmacists, and business owners.

We defend clients accused of:

• Auto insurance fraud
• Personal injury protection (PIP) fraud
• Healthcare billing fraud
• Medicare and Medicaid fraud
• Workers’ compensation fraud
• Staged accidents
• Fraudulent claims or overbilling

These cases often involve extensive financial audits, insurance records, and state or federal investigations. Our attorneys work to identify weaknesses in the prosecution’s case while protecting our clients’ professional reputations and legal rights.