Biographies

Anthony J. LaSpada

• Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1942
• Admitted to bar, 1968, District of Columbia
• 1973, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• 1975, Florida, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.

Education:

• Georgetown University (B.S.B.A., 1965)
• American University (JD 1968). Phi Alpha Delta.
• Member, Moot Court Trail Board.
• Member, Stetson Law Society of Trial Advocacy.

Author:

"An Aid to the Tax Practitioner in the Limited World of Federal Discovery," Prospective Juror Tax Information, Federal Bar Association, Tampa Bar Chapter Newsletter, Summer 1990. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1973-1977; Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1977-1978, Middle District of Florida.

Member:

• Hillsborough County, St. Petersburg, Federal and American Bar Associations
• The District of Columbia Bar; The Florida Bar (Member, Sixth Judicial Grievance Committee "E")
• The Association of Trial Lawyers Hills County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Practice Areas:

• Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Federal and State White Collar Crimes.

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Joseph A. Eustace, Jr.

• Born in Tampa, Florida, August 18, 1956
• Admitted to bar, 1983, Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle District and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court.

Education:

• Florida State University (B.S. 1978)
• Stetson University (J.D. 1982). Sigma Nu Phi.
• Associate Editor, Stetson Law Review, 1982.
• Member, Editorial Board, Florida Bar Journal, 1984 -1987.

Author:

Note, "I Hear You Knocking But You Can't Come In: The Home Arrest Warrant Requirement," 10 Stetson Law Review 343, 1980; Note, "A Forced Sale is a Forced Sale: The Second District Prohibits Homestead Forfeiture," Florida Defender, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1991; "The Purist View Prevails. Butterworth v. Caggiano Prohibits Homestead Forfeiture," 22 Stetson Law Review 111 (1993).

Member:

• Hillsborough County Bar Association (Member, Trial Lawyers Division)
• The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyer Section; Forfeiture Committee Appellate Practice Section; Criminal Appellate Practice Committee)
• Florida and Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Tampa Bay Federal Bar Association.

Reported Cases:

• Caggiano vs. Butterworth, 583 So.2d 347 (Fla. 2d DCA, 1991)
• Butterworth vs. Caggiano, 506 So.2d 56 (Fla. 1992) establishing that Florida Constitution prohibits forfeiture of homestead property, July 1992.

Practice Areas:

• Criminal Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Federal and State Criminal Defense
• Forfeitures
• Appeals