Joseph R. Atterbury Partner jatterbury@agwpa.com Co-founding partner of the firm in 1981, Joseph R. Atterbury has been actively involved in criminal trial litigation for 30 years.  He began his professional career as an Assistant Public Defender in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida in 1978, handling an extensive criminal case load.  In 1981 Mr. Atterbury and Mr. Goldberger founded Atterbury & Goldberger, which defends criminal cases exclusively.  He has considerable experience defending all types of criminal cases. Admitted to Florida Bar in 1978 U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1978 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1979 U.S. District Court, Trial Bar, 1984 United States Supreme Court, 1985 U.S. District Court of Hawaii, 1990 U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1992 EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A. 1973 University of Miami, J.D. Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1977  MEMBERSHIPS Palm Beach County Bar Association The Florida Bar National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Florida Associate of Criminal Defense Lawyers Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Specialization and Education - 1993 to present Listed in Florida's Leading Attorneys Listed in Florida Super Lawyers, 2006 AV rated (highest rating Martindale Hubbell, 1986 to present PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES President, Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1992-1993 Board of Directors, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1992-1994 Florida Bar Grievance Committee, Palm Beach County, Member, 1996-1999; Chairman, 1999 Taught Bridge the Gap Seminars for Palm Beach County Bar Association Taught at the 2006 Justice Teaching Institute Mr. Atterbury was selected as one of the best lawyers in America in a book entitled the Best Lawyers in America, compiled as a result of independent study, survey, and research by several Harvard Law Professors.