Attorney Profile

Robert Griscti practices in Federal and Florida trial and appeals courts in the areas of criminal defense and asset forfeiture. His practice is both national and international. He has been lead counsel in high profile civil and criminal cases and in a number of Florida Supreme Court decisions. He represents legal, medical, academic, and other professionals in disciplinary, licensing, and tenure proceedings. He also represents clients in Federal and State regulatory enforcement and compliance proceedings.

Mr. Griscti regularly teaches at the University of Florida Law School and in Continuing Legal Education programs sponsored by the Florida Bar and other bar organizations. 

Mr. Griscti is listed in the Best Lawyers in America. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Litigation Counsel of America. He is rated AV by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating System.

He graduated with a J.D. from the Holland Law Center, University of Florida in 1979. He was admitted to practice law in Florida in 1980.

Education

• Duke University, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1976
• Holland Law Center, University of Florida, J.D., 1979

Admitted

• Florida, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, 1981
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1990

Memberships

• The Florida Bar
• Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• American Inns of Court

Special Recognition

• AV from Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating System
• Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
• The Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense, White-Collar and Non-White-Collar
• Super Lawyers, Top Attorneys in Florida
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Practice Areas

• Criminal defense
• White collar crime
• Federal criminal law
• International criminal law
• Civil forfeiture
• Criminal forfeiture
• Appellate practice
• Attorney grievances
• Medical disciplinary proceedings
• Professional licensing
• School tenure

Select Reported Cases

• Department of Law Enforcement v. Real Property, 588 So. 2d 957 (Fla. 1991)
• Butterworth v. Caggiano, 605 So. 2d 56 (Fla. 1992)
• Tramel v. Stewart, 697 So. 2d 821 (Fla. 1997)
• Grosvenor v. State, 874 So. 2d 1176 (Fla. 2004)