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
snugly EDUCATION
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A. 1973
- University of Miami, J.D. Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1977
safely 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.
