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Mauricio Padilla does litigate select family law cases and has historically represented both professional athletes and the spouses of current and former professional athletes. Mr. Padilla has represented former major league baseball star Jorge Toca in his divorce proceedings and is currently representing him in his post judgement petition.
Mr. Padilla represented the Karla Balentien, Venezuelan model / television personality and wife of Wladimir Balentien former major league baseball player turned Japanese home run hitter in a divorce and injunction for protection against domestic violence. A former Major League Baseball player who broke Japan’s single-season home run record in 2012 has been arrested here in Florida on domestic-violence charges. Wladimir Balentien, was charged with…
José R. Díaz Rosado, former manager of salsa artist Víctor Manuelle and merengue sensation Elvis Crespo, was sentenced to federal prison on drug charges in the state of Florida. Judge K. Michael Moore sentenced Díaz Rosado to life imprisonment on Feb.6, 2014 after the artistic manager plead guilty of conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intention to distribute it on Nov. 4,…
A November trial date was set for Sigfredo Garcia on Monday — the two-year anniversary of the murder he is accused of committing.Garcia will stand trial on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel.Markel was found by a neighbor slumped over the wheel of his car inside his Betton Hills home’s garage after being shot twice in the head.The publicly released…
Mauricio Padilla, representing Sarah Boone facing second-degree murder charges for leaving her boyfriend zipped inside a suitcase during a game of hide-and-seek before he was found dead, says that it was a tragic accident. “I think it’s an odd case for everybody,” defense attorney Mauricio Padilla said. “You rarely see this set of circumstances.” Read more on WFTV
Mr. Padilla was part of the legal defense of Mr. Ramirez. Mr. Padilla was responsible of handling all forensic experts and evidence. He handled the cross examination of Dr. Lew as well as the state’s fingerprint expert. Additionally Mr. Padilla cross examined the Metro PCS custodian regarding cellular phone issues. After two days of deliberation the jury was unable to…
MIAMI (AP) — A Miami man accused of fatally shooting his wife and posting a photo of her corpse on Facebook has been charged with first-degree murder. A plea hearing for 31-year-old Derek Medina is set for Wednesday. Medina had previously pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder with a firearm. Medina told detectives after his arrest that he was acting…
As Dedrick Devonshay Williams returned to court, detectives revealed that two other gunmen who remain at large were likely also involved in the fatal shooting. 22-year-old Dedrick Devonshay Williams walked into the courtroom with his Attorney, Mauricio Padilla, Monday morning. Officials said Williams was out on probation at the time of June 18 shooting. He was taken into custody two…
Nubia Docter Barahona, a ten-year-old American girl, was abused and murdered on February 11, 2011. Her body was found February 14, 2011, wrapped in a plastic garbage bag in the bed of her adoptive father’s pickup truck on the side of I-95 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her body had partially decomposed from being covered in chemicals, possibly pesticides. Her twin brother, Victor Docter Barahona, was in…
Criminal defense attorney Mauricio Padilla is asked to provide expert commentary about this federal case involving laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for NBC. Federal prosecutors said they nabbed a man who used his bank accounts to prey on the circumstances in Venezuela to and aid drug cartels–not businessmen. The prosecutors said it was at a Bank of America in…