This Month's Speaker:
Darrell Dirks
Assistant State Attorney
13th Judicial Circuit
will be speaking on the topic of:
"Illegal Wiretapping in Florida:
What it is and What it's not"
1 CLE Credit Pending
Speaker Information:
Education:
B.S.: 1976 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
J.D.: 1980 Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
Assistant State Attorney, 13th Circuit
Chief Drug Trafficking and R.I.C.O.
Current assignments and duties include:
- (1) supervise and prosecute drug R.I.C.O investigations,
- (2) supervise and approve mandatory minimum mandatory prison deviations in cases involving substantial assistance under F.S. 893.135,
- (3) member of homicide and vehicular homicide review committees, including assignments for related prosecutions,
- (4) review drug search warrants for approval,
- (5) supervise wiretaps under F.S. 934
Previous Professional Experience:
Assistant State Attorney, 13th Circuit
Misdemeanor and Juvenile divisions
Felony division, assigned general felony caseload
Drug Trafficking and Homicide Divisions
1985-1993 Felony Division Chief
Private practice of law, Tampa, Florida
1993-1998 Rywant, Alvarez, Jones, Russo and Guyton
1998-2001 Solo Practitioner
