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Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, Teresa Sopp has been
a practicing attorney in Northeast Florida for more than 26
years and has been in private practice for more than fourteen
years. She is one of the only Board Certified Criminal Trial
Lawyers in private practice in Northeast Florida. She has extensive
jury trial experience in criminal cases. She is a long-term
member of the Northeast Florida Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers and is a member of the National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers.
Ms. Sopp's firm has offices in Nassau County, and has been active
in many committees of the Florida and Jacksonville Bars. She recently
served as the Chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Jacksonville
Bar Association.
As
an Assistant Public Defender for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of
Florida (1980-89), Ms. Sopp was a Felony Division Chief, and was
a member of the Special Defense Division (defense of major crimes
and high profile cases), and served as a co-counsel on capital
and first degree murder cases. She has tried every type of criminal
case from DUI to first-degree murder cases.
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Graduate of Florida State University, College of Law with a Juris
Doctorate (1978), Ms. Sopp has also attended several trial practice
colleges and continuing education programs. She constantly upgrades
her understanding of the Law by attending continuing education
courses and seminars, and has taught at trial practice training
courses. Ms. Sopp has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the
Florida Coastal School of Law and as a Professor at the American
Institute of Paralegal Studies. |
