Criminal Defense and Immigration Attorney
RAJAN JOSHI
Partner
Central Florida Criminal defense lawyer Rajan Joshi received his BA from the University of Central Florida in 1996, and received his Law Degree with Honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 2000. Rajan interned at the Seminole County State Attorney's Office and at the Alachua County State Attorney's Office where he was certified as a legal intern by the Florida Supreme Court prior to even completing law school. During this time and before Rajan tried six jury trials prior to his completion of law school.
After law school, Rajan scored among the Top Five Highest Scores in the Bar Exam for the entire State of Florida. Based on Rajan's high Bar Exam Scores and his multiple academic achievements, Rajan was selected by the Chief Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals to be the Valedictorian Speaker in Orlando, at the October 2000 Induction Ceremony for Newly Sworn Lawyers.
Defense attorney Rajan Joshi started his legal career as an assistant state attorney in Jacksonville, Florida, where he was a state prosecutor for four years. There, Rajan further developed his trial skills. Rajan was promoted to prosecute felony cases in only less than a year, and was assigned to the Repeat Offender Court within two years, where Rajan prosecuted habitual felony offenders for some of the most very serious crimes. Rajan received the 2003 Jury Trial Award for trying more case than any prosecutor in the Fourth Judicial Circuit, which includes Duval, Clay and Nassau County. He also litigated numerous post-conviction motions. As a prosecutor, Rajan assis ted in training law enforcement officers, was on the hiring committee, and judged teen court and trial practice competitions for Florida Coastal Law School in Jacksonville.
In 2004, after Rajan left the State Attorney's Office, he worked for another AV rated (top ranking) law firm in Jacksonville and dedicated his practice to criminal defense. In 2006, Rajan returned to Central Florida where he grew up and his family has lived for thirty years. Shortly after returning to Central Florida, Rajan joined the prestigious Law firm of NeJame, Lafay, Jancha, Barker and Tumarkin. His legal talents and skills were quickly realized and within less than a year he was soon elevated to a Partner with the Firm.
Rajan Joshi has tried and handled all types of criminal cases from misdemeanors to felonies. The thousands of cases he handled include everything from misdemeanor such as DUI’s or domestic violence to felonies such as sex related matters, drug possession, delivery and trafficking cases, theft cases, cases involving violence and homicide. Rajan practices includes all areas of criminal defense, both State and Federal, including post-conviction relief matters which concentrates on motions to overturn prior criminal convictions.
As a student of the law, Rajan Joshi enjoys dissecting and analyzing the intricacies of the law in his efforts to explore every possible defense on behalf of his clients. Rajan was recently successful in challenging a Florida statute and having the entire statute declared unconstitutional across the State of Florida, thus assuring his client’s acquittal and the dismissal of the charges. It is with this tenacity and skill that Rajan Joshi approaches his client’s case.
LICENSED TO PRACTICE:
- Florida State (Statewide)
- Federal Middle District of Florida
MEMBER:
- Officer of the Central Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association
- Honored Member of Cambridge's Who's Who Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs
- South Asian Bar Association
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity
- Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
- Legal advisor to American Association of Physicians from India (AAPI)
- Orlando Indian American Chamber of Commerce
