BRIAN L. TANNEBAUM
Special Counsel
Brian is the firm’s Special Counsel and chairs the Ethics, Professional Responsibility, and White Collar Defense Group. Brian represents law firms as well as future, current, and former lawyers, judges, and legal professionals in matters before the Florida Bar, the Judicial Qualifications Commission, and Board of Bar Examiners as well as in civil and criminal courts. Brian has been counsel in over 100 Florida Bar matters at The Florida Supreme Court level and has been appointed in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida as a Special Master.
His specific ethics matters include Bar Admission Hearings, Grievance Defense from the initial complaint to argument before the Florida Supreme Court, Reinstatement and Readmission matters, Sanctions Hearings, Legal Malpractice, partnership disputes, and dissolutions as well as ethics opinions.
Brian is a Past Chair of the Innocence Project of Florida and previously served as President of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and its Miami Chapter. He has served The Florida Bar as a Member of both the Executive Council of the Florida Bar Criminal Law Section and the Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee. He was also appointed a Member and Vice-Chair of a Florida Bar Grievance Committee and currently serves on the board of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Visit Tannebaum.com for more information about Brian and his practice.
Personal
Born: Miami, Florida.
Married, 2 children.
Certified Sommelier.
Contact Information
Address
One Southeast Third Avenue
Suite 2410
Miami, FL 33131
T:305.379.7904
F:305.379.7905
Education
J.D., Stetson University College of Law – 1994
1994 National Champion, ABA Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition, Chicago, Illinois
Teaching Assistant, Trial Practice.
B.A. Political Science, University of South Florida – 1991
Student Body President, 1989-1991
Admitted To
Admitted to practice in Florida (1995), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (1995), and The United States Supreme Court (1998).