Thomas Mote

Spanish-speaking former public defender with 20 years of jury trial experience and Florida Bar Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law Attorney Thomas Mote has been practicing law for over 20 years and is licensed to practice law in Florida, California, New York, Texas, and the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico. Mr. Mote speaks Spanish and grew up in Miami, having attended Christopher Columbus Catholic High School. He then studied at the Florida State University where he graduated, Magna Cum Laude (with Honors), earning a Bachelor of Science in Communication and later a Juris Doctorate in law also from Florida State University. In law school, Mr. Mote was well liked by his peers and was elected to serve as a class representative for the Student Bar Association. He then became an assistant public defender and practiced for three years as an Assistant Public Defender for Orange and Osceola counties where he was recognized for his talents in trying cases before a jury, as well as his commitment to the indigent and his hard work for his clients, in being awarded the 2003 “Advocate of the Year” by the Office of the Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida.