Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney | Florida Super Lawyer for 16 Consecutive Years
Attorney Michael Maddux has been a licensed attorney since 1992. Mr. Maddux received his B.A. in Political Science from Florida State University and his law degree from the University of Florida Law School. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a former member of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Maddux was an Assistant State Attorney for three years with the State Attorney’s Office for the 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida. He served as an Assistant State Wide Prosecutor for almost two years with the Office of the Attorney General. He has been Board Certified in Criminal Trial Practice by the Florida Bar since 1999.
He is admitted to practice in the Northern, Middle, and Southern federal court districts in Florida, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and has presented to the organization on civil rights issues. He served as a two term president of the Hillsborough County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is a member of the National Police Accountability Project.
Mr. Maddux also served as moderator for the Hillsborough County Bar Association Criminal Law Section’s seminar, “The Collateral Consequences of Crime,” which examined the administrative and statutory schemes designed to sanction, track, expose, deport, and otherwise impact criminal defendants in Florida and address issues concerning immigration, the Department of Motor Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Sex Offender Registration Requirements, and administrative sanctions again licensed professionals.
He has attended Trial Lawyer’s College at Thunderhead Ranch in Dubois, Wyoming, dedicated to training lawyers to obtain justice and protect the rights of people from corporate and government oppression.
Mr. Maddux’s extensive criminal trial experience has helped him establish a thriving personal injury practice involving automobile accidents, wrongful death, products liability, slip and falls, insurance coverage questions, and all types of injury cases. Mr. Maddux has settled hundreds of cases without the necessity of trial. If your goals can’t be met through settlement, he will litigate. He understands that some cases need fierce advocacy and others need peacemaking compromise.
Mr. Maddux has developed a niche practice in civil rights litigation. His criminal defense work allowed him to see violations that needed civil remedies. He actively pursues justice for those wronged by law enforcement through civil suits in federal and state court and assistance with internal affairs investigations.
Mr. Maddux acknowledges the difficult job that law enforcement performs, while also demanding that law enforcement diligently follow state and federal constitutions, internal policies and standards of decency.
Michael has been actively involved in the Big Brother/Little Brother Program, is a former Chairman of the Mid-Florida Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar, and is an elder at his Presbyterian church where he serves on the Compassionate Outreach Committee. He is also board president for the Timothy Initiative: a men’s recovery home that believes in finding recovery through a relationship with Christ.
Michael enjoys time with his wife and kids, learning to play guitar, volunteering with his ministry programs, cycling, and being nature.