Drug Crimes Attorneys in Orlando, Florida

Orlando Drug Crime Defense Lawyers

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No matter the scope or type of drug crime accusations you are facing, it is important that you take action to protect yourself and your rights.

At Alers Law Firm, Chavelys Alers and our Orlando drug crime lawyers are proud to offer quality representation and effective defense for our clients throughout Orange County, Florida and the Orlando area. We aggressively pursue favorable resolutions to our client’s cases and we will work hard to defend you in a court of law, using the full extent of our experience, including work as a former prosecutor.

Every client that retains the representation of one of our drug crimes defense lawyers will be treated with respect and offered individualized attention. We also offer our services in English and Spanish to best serve our clients throughout Central Florida.

Florida Drug Laws

When you work with our Orlando drug crime lawyers, we will look into every aspect of your case, including the investigation, the search and seizure of the drug or paraphernalia, and your arrest. If it is found that your rights were violated in any manner, we will use that information as critical evidence in support of your defense.

Drug Court

Many parts of Florida, including Orange County have a program called “Drug Court”. There are a few tracks people can take in Drug court and the most common is Diversionary Drug Court, which is for people with very limited or no criminal history and can result in all charges being dropped at completion. The other two are Probationary which is for people who have violated probation, and the other is post plea which is for people with extensive criminal history. Entrance into the program requires the offender to agree that if that fail to complete it, a guilty plea will automatically be entered. It can also cost the offender up to $900.

The general idea of the program is to get drug offenders to go through extensive rehabilitation by incentivizing them with less or no jail time and lowered or dropped charges. By lowering or dropping the charges it facilitates the offender’s ability to be a functioning member of society. There are three main phases and then aftercare in the Drug Court program:

Phase 1

• 60 days long
• 3 group meetings per week
• 6 individual counseling sessions
• Meeting with a judge bi-weekly
• Random urinalysis (Drug testing)

Phase 2

• 60 days long
• 2 group meetings per week
• Meeting with a judge bi-weekly
• 2 self-help meetings per week
• Random Urinalysis

Phase 3

• Minimum of 45 days
• 1 group session per week
• 3 self-help meetings per week
• 1 counseling session per week
• Random Urinalysis
• Meeting with a judge once per month

After care

• Meeting with a judge once a month
• 1 group session per week
• Random Urinalysis

Fight Your Drug Charges with Help from Alers Law Firm

After an arrest, it is important that you take action and protect yourself and your future. You should not go up against prosecutors without the representation of our experienced Orlando drug crimes defense attorneys from Alers Law Firm.