Roger Futerman

Roger Futerman is a trial lawyer with over 25 years in good standing with The Florida Bar. He is licensed in both Florida State Court and Federal Middle District Court. He is a Former State Prosecutor, a Nationally Board Certified Criminal Attorney (certified by the NBTA), Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Florida Bar. Mr. Futerman is the 2025 Chair of the Committee for Board Certified lawyers in Criminal Trial. He was appointed by the Florida Bar President. He has been named one of the Best Defense Attorneys In The Tampa Bay Area. In 2013, he was named one of the Nation’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the Nations Trial Lawyers Organization. Mr. Futerman is a member of the American College of Board Certified Attorneys. He is a Preeminent AV Lawyer rated by Martindale Hubbell. This is the highest-rated peer review a lawyer can receive from judges and lawyers. Click here for comments. Mr. Futerman’s high-profile murder acquittal in the Cara Ryan case was featured on NBC dateline. Click here to view video. His other high-profile acquittals include former Clearwater police officer Nicolas Paloma, who was accused of bribery and sexual battery. Click here to view video. He was acquitted in 2024. Click here to read more. Mr. Futerman recently in 2025 secured the acquittal of former policeman Fred Lise on all charges. Mr. Lise faced 8 felony charges all relating to corruption, click here to read more. All 8 times the jury announced, “not guilty”. Click here to read more. He also represented former special forces operative Jeremy Brown in federal court. Brown was accused of possession of classified documents as well as gun/explosives charges. He was acquitted of possession of classified documents. Mr. Futerman is a nationally published author featured in “The Champion” June edition 2011 and was a legal analyst for NBC News Channel 8 Tampa Bay regarding the Casey Anthony and George Zimmerman verdicts. His cases and remarkable results have appeared on Fox, CNN, the Tampa Tribune, and The St. Petersburg Times. He has tried over 150 jury trials and his results receiving “Not Guilty” in so many cases speak for themselves. See verdict forms.