Attorney Tonmiel Rodriguez is an experienced litigator having tried over 80 criminal trials, conducted hundreds of depositions, as well as numerous motion and evidentiary hearings. He is a Board-Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, a Florida Bar distinction few attorneys achieve. He is rated "Superb" by Avvo.com and received Avvo's "Client Choice Award 2018” and “Client Choice Award 2020.” In 2021 Tonmiel was designated as one of the “Best DUI Lawyers in Lakeland” Florida by Expertise.Com. Tonmiel was part of The National Trial Lawyers' list of "Top 40 under 40" and was later nominated and inducted into to the association’s Top 100 membership. He has been published three times in The Defender, the official publication of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL) Also, in 2015 Tonmiel was awarded the FACDL's James T. Miller Scholar Award. In 2005, Attorney Tonmiel Rodriguez received his Political Science Degree, with Honors, from The University of Florida. He went on to Stetson University College of Law, where he was named to Honor Roll four times before receiving his Juris Doctorate degree in 2010. A past president and Board Member of the Hispanic Bar Association of Polk County, Attorney Tonmiel Rodriguez professional associations have also included the Willson Inn of Courts, The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The National Trial Lawyers. Tonmiel Rodriguez has also been a recent speaker at a Polk County Hispanic Bar Association event updating Lawyers and Judges on Florida criminal law topics.
