David Barksdale

Attorney at Law, DIRECTOR
FLORIDA BAR BOARD CERTIFIED: cRIMINAL TRIAL LAW

David Barksdale graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1988. He received his J.D. from the University of Florida in 1992, with honors, and was appointed to the Order of the Coif. He practiced two years with the Bedell Firm as an associate, then spent four and a half years with the State Attorney’s Office in Jacksonville where he was a Division Chief and a member of the Homicide Team. He returned to the Bedell Firm as a partner in 1999. His wife, Patty, is an Assistant United States Attorney assigned to the appellate division. They have three children.

   

AREA OF PRACTICE

Criminal defense in the state and federal courts

HONORS & AWARDS

The Best Lawyers in America, White Collar and Non-White Collar
    Criminal Defense, 2007- present
Florida Trend’s Legal Elite
Florida Super Lawyers
Martindale-Hubbell AV
The Florida Bar Board Certification: Criminal Trial Law

EDUCATION

University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1992 J.D.
    (With Honors, Order of the Coif)
Vanderbilt University, 1988 (Summa Cum Laude)

Past employment Positions

State Attorney’s Office in Jacksonville, Division Chief and Homicide Team Member 

Professional and community Associations

Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid  Rotary (Downtown)
Chester Bedell Inn of Court, Master
The Florida Bar Special Committee to Study the Decline in
    Jury Trials (2010 - 2012)
State Attorney's Office Jailed Juvenile Mentor Program (2006 - 2008)
Fourth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee (2003 - 2006)
Board of Directors, Jacksonville Historical Society (2001 - 2005)
Youth football, basketball, baseball coach: Venetia Athletic Club,
    Riverside Church League, Navy Ortega Lakeshore League