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Florida DUI, criminal defense, and personal injury, explained by a forensic lawyer-scientist and former public defender. Seven running series cover the science behind the evidence, the cases in the news, the injury claims, and how a defense actually gets built, all in plain English.

Rory Safir

Every post here is written by Rory Safir, one of only six ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists in Florida, the author of The Florida DUI Trial Manual, and a former Assistant Public Defender in Tampa.

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How Long Do I Have to File an Injury Claim in Florida? (It Got Shorter)

If your sense of the deadline comes from anything you heard before 2023, it is probably wrong, and that mistake can be fatal to a claim. Florida used to give injury victims four years to file. It does not anymore....

Florida Bicycle Accident Law: The 3-Foot Rule, the Helmet Myth, and Your Rights on the Road

The most useful thing to know after a bicycle crash in Florida is that the law is already on the rider's side of the road. A cyclist is not an intruder in traffic....

Nobody Read Me My Rights: Why That Doesn’t End Your Case (and What Does Matter)

Somewhere between the handcuffs and the holding cell, you noticed something missing. Nobody read you your rights. No card, no speech, nothing like the movies promised. And by now a friend, a cousin, or a stranger in an online forum has told you the magic words: the case gets thrown...

What Happens to My Case if I Was Partly at Fault in Florida?

Many people assume that if they were even a little to blame for a crash, they have no case. That is not how Florida works, though a 2023 change did raise the stakes. Being partly at fault reduces your recovery, and past a certain line it now ends it, so...

Florida’s Cap on Medical Malpractice Damages Is Gone. Here Is What That Means.

For years, Florida law put a hard ceiling on the pain and suffering a medical malpractice victim could recover, no matter how severe the harm....

Florida Leads the Nation in Boating Accidents. Here Are a Victim’s Rights.

Florida leads the country in registered vessels and in boating accidents, and the risk peaks in exactly the weeks when the water is most crowded, the summer weekends and the holidays....

Rory Safir Named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 for Criminal Defense in Florida

The National Trial Lawyers has selected Rory Safir of Safir Injury & Criminal Defense Law PLLC for its Top 40 Under 40 list for criminal defense in Florida....

Rising Stars 2025: Selected for the Second Straight Year

Last January I shared that I had been selected to the Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for the first time. This January the letter came again: I have been selected to the 2025 Rising Stars list, my second consecutive year....

Selected to the 2024 Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars List

Some news you get by mail still feels good in an email world. I am honored to share that I have been selected to the 2024 Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in criminal defense and DUI defense....

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