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Deric Zacca
Email: dericzacca@dczlaw.com
Deric Zacca is a Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer. He graduated in the top 5% of his class at the University of Miami School of Law. During his career at the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office, he tried hundreds of criminal cases involving crimes ranging from DUI to Capital Murder. He also served as a Supervising Prosecutor in the DUI Division and was responsible for training new DUI Prosecutors. . His trial experience involved cases ranging from drunk driving, drug trafficking, grand theft, fraud, insurance fraud, welfare fraud, child abuse, sexual battery, conspiracy, armed robbery, armed burglary and 1st degree murder. Mr. Zacca is licensed to practice in both State and Federal Court including the Federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Current Employment Position(s):
Areas Of Practice:
Criminal Law - Federal and State Court
Appeals / Post Conviction Relief
Drug Crimes
DUI
Homicide
Forfeiture (Civil and Criminal)
Sex Crimes
Violent Crimes
White Collar Crimes
Traffic Crimes
Bar Admissions:
Florida, 1998
Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2002
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2002
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2005
United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2005
United States Supreme Court, 2005
Bar and Professional Memberships:
Florida Bar Grievance Committee
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Dade County Bar Association
Education:
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
J.D., 1998
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: GPA: 3.642/4.0
Honors: Top 5% (16/348)
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: University of Miami Dean's Honor Scholarship
Honors: Minority Participation in Legal Education Scholarship
Honors: Dean's Certificate of Achievement, Bankruptcy
Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Bankruptcy
Law Review: Member, Editorial Board, University of Miami Law ReviewFlorida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
Bachelor of Business Administration, 1994
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: GPA: 3.84/4.0
Honors: Business Academic Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma
Honors: English Academic Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta
Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society
Honors: Financial Management Association, Treasurer
Major: Concentration in Finance
Minor: English
Published Works:
Florida's Position on Nonmutual Collateral Estoppal after Stogniew, 52 U. Miami L. Rev. 889, 1998
Past Employment Positions:
Wolpe, Leibowitz, Alvarez & Fernandez, LLP, Miami, Florida, Associate, 2002 - 2004
Office of the State Attorney, Miami, Florida, Felony Division Prosecutor, 2000 - 2002
Office of the State Attorney, Miami, Florida, DUI Commit Prosecutor, 1999 - 2000
Third District Court of Appeal, Miami, Florida, Judicial Intern, 1996