Neal R. Sonnett

Neal R. Sonnett is the founder and Managing Partner of his Miami based law firm, which concentrates on the defense of corporate, white collar and complex criminal cases in Florida and throughout the United States. He earned his B.A. degree in 1967 from the University of Miami and his J.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1972.

Prior to entering private practice, Neal served as an Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Criminal Division for the Southern District of Florida. As Chief, he was in charge of all federal criminal prosecutions for a twelve-county area from Key West to Vero Beach, Florida's most populous region and one of largest U.S. Attorney's offices in the United States. He also served temporary assignments as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida and for the District of Puerto Rico.

Neal has represented a roster of high profile clients, major national corporations, banking institutions, prominent business executives, bankers, attorneys, physicians, and federal and state political figures. He has served as lead counsel in regulatory and grand jury investigations, trials and appeals and federal sentencing guideline and post-conviction issues in environmental crimes, health care, insurance, securities, tax, and mail fraud cases, election law violations, money laundering, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Arms Export Control Act cases, federal asset forfeiture, international extradition, and attorney ethics and disciplinary matters.

A nationally respected trial lawyer, Neal has been honored three times by the National Law Journal as one of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers In America” and has been profiled by that publication as one of the “Nation's Top Litigators” and one of the “Nation's Top White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyers.” He has been selected in every edition since 1983 of “The Best Lawyers in America” in White Collar Criminal Defense, one

University of Miami

J.D. (1967)

1964 - 1967

Florida

Since 1967

4th Circuit

Since 1992

5th Circuit

Since 1974

6th Circuit

Since 2008

8th Circuit

Since 1988

9th Circuit

Since 1991

11th Circuit

Since 1981

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1971

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