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SHOULD I HIRE AN ATTORNEY BEFORE I AM ARRESTED OR CHARGED WITH A CRIME?

  • March 24th, 2014
  • Bruce Denson
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If you’re under investigation or anticipating being charged, you need a lawyer now.   That’s a very common question, and it has a very simple answer: YES. I can’t state that strongly enough. You should hire an attorney as soon as you…

WE’VE MOVED OUR ST. PETERSBURG OFFICE!

  • January 31st, 2013
  • Bruce Denson
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Bruce Denson and The Denson Firm, a Tampa Bay criminal defense law firm, moved their St. Petersburg offices. The new address is 150 Second Avenue North, Suite 1500, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. The move accommodates recent growth and enables The Denson Firm to provide…

St. Petersburg Criminal Defense Headquarters Requests a Makeover

  • December 28th, 2012
  • Bruce Denson
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Right now, it’s bad timing for any City Building to be requesting a makeover with City funds due to the Pier Project requiring an estimated $50 Million to complete. Regardless of this, the St. Petersburg Police have created a plan…

Our Tampa Addiction Program

  • April 24th, 2012
  • Bruce Denson
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Paddle Addict is our firm’s newly started program dedicated to providing a free paddleboarding experience to people recovering from addictions. The race and festivities went off without a hitch last Sunday, April 22nd, at St. Pete Pier. A huge thanks…

Start Crafting Your Fishing Defense

  • September 28th, 2011
  • Bruce Denson
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Unfortunately, a local Sarasota man was attacked by a Shark while fishing, yes, fishing, something hundreds of St. Petersburg locals do every day. But according to PETA, he wasn’t fishing, he was murdering innocent animals, and they are on the…

YOU WILL HATE PARKING 33.4% MORE NOW IN ST. PETERSBURG

  • September 23rd, 2011
  • Bruce Denson
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Starting October 1st, 2011, the new St. Petersburg City Budget goes into effect. One aspect of this budget is raising downtown parking meters from $0.75 to $1 an hour. So now, you might be 33.4% more likely to walk farther,…

BONGS, PYTHONS AND TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

  • January 11th, 2011
  • Bruce Denson
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Last year the Florida Legislature passed new laws regarding bongs and pythons, yet they failed to do anything about texting while driving.  Looks like my dream of opening a store called “Pythons and Bongs” has crashed (and I am not…

On-Hold Music For Family Law Firms

  • January 11th, 2011
  • Bruce Denson
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On many unfortunate occasions, criminal prosecutions and divorce cases come hand-in-hand.  As a criminal defense attorney, I have many criminal cases referred to me by family law attorneys, and I have worked with family law attorneys on domestic violence injunctions…

Making Crime Pay – What Every Civil Litigator Needs to Know About the Collateral Estoppel Effect of Criminal Convictions

  • January 8th, 2011
  • Bruce Denson
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“It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little on office supplies.”[1] Because the government can’t…