Ms. Esquire has been a great group, and special due to being mostly ladies, which brings a different vibe. Some of the activities we do during our monthly meetings bring the members closer to one another which is great. Also, all members are phenomenal and intelligent business owners, people you want to relate to and be around.
Criminal Defense
Rachel Newman
Rachel graduated the University of Florida in 2001 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. In 2005, she graduated from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center with a Juris Doctor degree.
Rachel began her career as a criminal defense attorney at the Public Defender’s Office in Broward County. In her 17 years as an assistant public defender, Rachel represented thousands of defendants in county, juvenile and felony courtrooms. She also was division chief of the felony division, where she supervised and mentored approximately 30 felony lawyers. Rachel has handled some of the most difficult and high-profile cases in Broward County, having spent the last several years in the major crimes division. She has been featured on CourtTV, ABC Local 10 and WSVN 7 News Miami, Law and Crime Network, and the Sun Sentinel. Rachel has also tried death penalty cases, earning her first-chair/lead counsel qualification.
Rachel is a member of Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, for which she is Board Secretary.