Albert J. Datz

Albert J. Datz has vast and extensive experience as a trial lawyer but during recent years has focused on high-end divorce and criminal cases. He has represented high-profile public officials, prominent citizens as well as national television celebrities in divorce cases and criminal cases.

Albert Datz was one of 6 lawyers in Florida who together with 6 trial judges, 6 appellate judges, and a supreme court justice served on the Florida Supreme Court commission to recommend changes in divorce laws in Florida.

Albert Datz graduated from the University of Florida law school and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1948.

He served as an assistant prosecuting attorney from 1949 to 1951 after which his practice focused on criminal law.

He was chairman of the Florida Supreme Court commission which wrote the first rules of criminal procedure for Florida and was chairman of the Florida Bar committee on criminal justice. He was a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. 1968-1971.

Later he was a member of the Florida Supreme Court committee to draft standard jury instructions in criminal cases and was one of 18 lawyers nationally to serve on the council (board of directors) of American Bar Association criminal justice section where he helped form positions of the American Bar Association on important legal issues as well as bills pending in congress concerning criminal matters.

He was also chairman of the American Bar Association committee on Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. As part of his work with the American Bar Association, he was a member of the commission to draft and implement minimum standards for criminal justice where he served with nationally prominent lawyers forming recommendations to the states and federal government for criminal law policy in specific fields.

He was the recipient of the annual award by the Florida Bar for outstanding contributions to criminal justice.

He is a member of the American College of Matrimonial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers, a prestigious group, selected on merit.