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Background: Born April 17,
1954, and raised in New York City, James S. Werter,
Esquire, graduated from John Jay College of Criminal
Justice, New York, after finishing an enlistment
with the U.S. Air Force as a Security Policeman.
He continued his law enforcement career as a
Detective Investigator with the Brooklyn District
Attorney's Office and as a Senior Investigator
with the N.Y.C. Mayor's Office before re-entering
the military as an officer in 1981.
James S. Werter, Esquire entered
the U.S. Navy as an Officer/Pilot with collateral
duties in security, eventually cross-training in
Naval Intelligence, assigned to Naval Investigative
Service as a Reserve Officer/Agent while attending
law school.
Upon his separation from active
duty, James S. Werter, Esquire, attended University
of Bridgeport School of Law, Connecticut, graduating
in 1990, winning awards for Outstanding Legal Scholarship
and Excellence in Legal Writing. Immediately after
graduating, he returned to Florida where he spent
his Navy career, beginning his law career as a
prosecutor for the State Attorney's Office, Seventh
Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida. After
three years, he opened his private practice and
stayed in the northeast Florida area. Additionally,
he taught law classes at Daytona Beach Community
College.
Over the years, James S. Werter,
Esquire, has handled a great number of family law
cases, such as divorce/dissolution, paternity,
child support, domestic violence. He has prosecuted
and defended a wide range of criminal offenses,
to manslaughter, practicing in both misdemeanor
and felony courts throughout the Seventh Judicial
Circuit of Florida. He has litigated real estate
and various contract disputes. He counsels in the
areas of bankruptcy and debt relief in the U. S.
District Court, Middle District-Jacksonville. However,
he will never perform a disservice by taking a
case outside his ability. He will find the right
lawyer for the situation.
James S. Werter, Esquire has
a reputation of competency, aggressiveness and
integrity and has always related well to his clients
and their needs based on his own values and roots.
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