Joseph Nascimento

Mr. Nascimento has spent his entire career as a criminal defense attorney, defending individuals and corporations in high-stakes federal and state criminal matters, including investigations by the FBI, DEA, Health and Human Services (HHS)/Office of Inspector General, IRS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Postal Inspector. Most recently, Mr. Nascimento’s practice has focused on medical providers, laboratory executives, marketing companies, durable medical equipment suppliers and business owners subjected to federal healthcare/Medicare fraud investigations in jurisdictions around the country.

Mr. Nascimento has handled cases involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Money Laundering, Bribery, Drug Trafficking, RICO, Healthcare Fraud, Wire Fraud, Asset Forfeitures and the representation of victim corporations/individuals in attempts to collect restitution. He has tried cases at all levels, from minor offenses, to those with potential life punishments and the death penalty, and has been educated by some of the leading experts in the world on DNA comparison and issues surrounding transfer and contamination, facial recognition and issues surrounding eyewitness memory and facial comparison. Mr. Nascimento has also successfully handled state and federal appeals that have saved his clients many years in prison.

Joe grew up in South Florida and got his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Florida. After UF, Mr. Nascimento went on to attend the University of Miami School of Law as a Dean’s Merit scholar, where he graduated, cum laude, with a Juris Doctor. For the last several years, Mr. Nascimento has been an adjunct professor teaching the University of Miami School of Law’s Criminal Litigation Skills I and Advanced Criminal Litigation Skills II courses, part of the school’s nationally acclaimed litigation skills program..

Immediately out of law school, Joe joined Robbins Tunkey Ross Amsel Raben & Waxman, P.A., one of the largest and highly reputed criminal defense firms in the country. After many years with RTR, Mr. Nascimento became one of the founding members of the reorganized firm of Ross Amsel Raben Nascimento, PLLC.