W.F. ”Casey” Ebsary, Jr., Civil Rights Attorney in Tampa, Florida

Get to Know W.F. “Casey” Ebsary Jr.

W.F. “Casey” Ebsary Jr. is a seasoned Florida Bar Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer based in Tampa, Florida, specializing in criminal defense, DUI, and drug charge defense. As a former Prosecutor and the lead trial attorney at the Law Office of W.F. “Casey” Ebsary Jr., Casey brings nearly four decades of courtroom experience to every case he handles.

What Others Say About Casey

Casey is recognized as a Super Lawyer, an honor reserved for the top 5% of attorneys in the state. This prestigious distinction is awarded based on a rigorous selection process that includes peer nominations, independent research, and peer evaluations by practice area. Only lawyers with at least five years of practice who have demonstrated professional excellence and peer recognition are eligible.

In addition to his Super Lawyer status, Casey holds an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer-reviewed rating for legal ability and ethical standards. He also maintains a 10.0 Superb rating on Avvo, a 5.0 rating on Lawyers.com, and a 5-star rating on Google My Business and Yelp—reflecting his strong reputation for client satisfaction and professional excellence.

With this combination of Board Certification, peer-reviewed honors, and client reviews, Casey stands out as one of Tampa’s most respected and trusted criminal defense attorneys.

What About Casey’s Training

Casey has remained near the top of his class as he received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, cum laude from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor, cum laude from the Stetson University College of Law. Casey remains an Editorial Board member of the Stetson Law Review and has had two articles published in this nationally recognized legal publication. Since leaving law school in 1990, has practiced in State and Federal Trial and Appellate Courts throughout the State.

Tampa Lawyer Overview

Mr. Ebsary has been attorney of record in hundreds of felony and misdemeanor criminal cases. Casey is a Board Certified Expert and Specialist in criminal courts. He defends all types of criminal charges. He has represented clients in driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated (DUI/DWI) cases in many Florida counties. He is a former Assistant State Attorney and Prosecutor and a former Assistant Public Defender. He also has litigation experience including counterfeiting, driving under the influence, fraud, forgery, murder, money laundering, and theft.

Mr. Ebsary also has received an AV Rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law directory. This is their highest rating and shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence. He or she has usually practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.

Casey has litigation experience including murder, money laundering, fraud, forgery, counterfeiting, and theft. Mr. Ebsary’s expertise includes experience in high-tech litigation in information systems and international banking and currency transactions.

Professional Journal Publications

Note, Fourth Amendment Aerial Privacy; Expect the Unexpected, 19 STETSON L. REV. 273 (1989).

Recent Developments in Section 1983, 19 STETSON L. REV. 1065 (1990).

Selected Publications on Web:

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/centrallaw

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/CentralLaw

Twitter

@Centrallaw

Licensure, Certification, and Recognition:

Member of the Media and Communications Law Committee of the Florida Bar.

Past Chairman, Technology Law Section, Hillsborough County Bar Association.

Past Member of the Student Education and Admissions to the Bar Committee of the Florida Bar.

Editorial Board Member, Stetson Law Review, 1989 Admitted Florida Bar, 1990.

Admitted United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Recipient of James Carlisle Rogers Award for best-written criticism of a decision of the United States Supreme Court.

Teaching Fellowship Stetson University College of Law.

Federal Aviation Administration, Private Pilot, 1976.

Computer Law Expert on G4 TV.

Reported Decisions:

In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, 762 So.2d 392 (Fla. 1999) (striking down Bar rule restricting the use of trade names).

Freeman v. State, 611 1260 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993) (attacking constitutionality of roadside driver’s license suspensions).

Selected Publications:

Securing Wireless Networks

With downtown Tampa set to become a wireless hot spot, those with wireless 802.11 series capability will have Internet access anywhere downtown. That should bring a surge of people scanning the airwaves seeking nefarious access.

The Web Mob a/k/a La Cosa Webstra

Agents took control of the Mob’s website and posted a warning to those not yet busted – “Contact your local United States Secret Service field office before we contact you!!!”

Tech Wreck

We are inundated with technologies designed to more effectively communicate. Some have caused users to defectively communicate. Misuse yields communications breakdown or even worse – death by PowerPoint®. With 400 Million Copies of Microsoft Office® and millions of PowerPoint® Presentations every day, one commentator, Dave Paradi surveyed and found several annoying elements in the bane of boardroom and courtroom technologies, PowerPoint®. Lest you not be familiar with potential side effects of poorly executed digital slide show software, be assured watching slides from industrial safety filmstrips is more bearable than the painful boredom from this assassin of effective messaging from Microsoft®.

Secret Messages that are not Secret

There are secret messages in your documents that are not secret. Both major word processing packages, Word and Word Perfect, contain hidden information that unless carefully removed can be a rich source of information to an opponent to whom the document is digitally distributed. Documents contain far more information than can be seen on screen.

Phishing and Spoofing

Phishing is not to be confused with ‘fishing.’ There is no cast net, no baiting of the hook, and no minnow awaiting a large-mouth bass. But there are plenty of wireless fly rods out there. What do I mean? Specifically, an enterprising nerd or computer wizard of the binary-off generation can send you a disguised email representing a company you know and highly regard. The message may be duplicating a well-known logo in a misleading email suggesting you, the gullible, reply and update their files.

They will frequently ask for a Social Security Number, credit card number, username and password, and/or your bank account number. Such data provides a license for identity theft. It goes on all the time. You read stories of months and months of futile effort to rectify credit reports done in by the virtual criminals. Frequently, the bait appears as an online financial intermediary asking for an update of personal information. In reality, takers just feed the ‘phisher’ valuable key information used to exploit the theft of the vulnerable victims’ identities.

Paper-less Office or Less-paper Office?

While away from the office, the document image can be retrieved and reviewed from a remote log-in to the network. The images or data can be stored on a notebook computer or on compact disk. Whether a desktop computer from another office, a notebook computer in court, or on a wireless device on the way to court, once the documents and files are accessible from anywhere, your hand truck and its cargo of banker’s boxes may be on its way to the junk heap. In the event of a disaster, copies of the data can be retrieved from storage and restored without missing a beat.

Electronic Fingerprints

Electronic fingerprints remain available for review if you know what to look for. The skeletal remains of files deleted or history of persons and places visited are seemingly hidden in the world behind the computer’s display. A plan to recover this information by a team with computer forensic expertise can be a powerful tool for civil and criminal litigants, for law enforcement, and for computer support services.

Securing a Cable Modem Against Computer Criminals

As the use of commercial broadband cable modem’s flourishes, the opportunity for computer criminals or hackers to attack computers attached to these networks similarly has skyrocketed. Unbeknownst to most users, a cable modem provides easy access to an attached computer. Protection of these computers is a three-stage process.

Electronic Case Files are the Law of the Land — Civil Litigators Can Safely Read this Too Criminal Law Section

Beginning on July 2004, you will be filing electronically in the Clerk’s Office for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. This is the future. The train is leaving the station; you can be on it or under it.

Data Recovery: Major Disaster or Minor Loss?

In Technospeak, Geekspeak, or Newspeak, the message is the same: If mission critical data is lost, then call in a pro. Finagling with missing or damaged files can render them irrecoverable.

I, Spybot

Recovering data from even a compromised hard disk drive begins at around $5,000.00 per disk drive and it is not uncommon for data to be unrecoverable. New threats have arisen from programs that are installed by mere visits to web pages.

Selected Professional Presentations:

Board Certification in Criminal Law Review, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1998 to 2007.

Liability and Exposure from Use of Email and the Internet, Hillsborough Community College, 2002.

Legalities of Using and Maintaining Computerized Medical Records, 2003, Tampa, Florida.

The Practice: Everything Else You Need To Know About Criminal Defense; Tampa, Florida; Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Internet Research in Florida, Tampa, Florida, 2001.

Selected Media Coverage:

Matias, K, “The Talk of the Web”, On Magazine, Dec. 2001 (coverage of defense of Internet libel claim).

Zones hinder free speech Series: EDITORIALS St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Nov 9, 2002

7 protesters arrested; ticketholders kept out St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Nov 3, 2002; Author: John Balz

3 protesters sue Tampa police St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Nov 2, 2002; Author: Graham Brink

Bush rally protesters plan to sue city, police St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Oct 20, 2002; Author: Graham Brink

THE WEEK IN REVIEW Series: THE WEEK IN REVIEW St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Aug 25, 2002

Some condo residents seek to phase out kids St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Aug 24, 2002; John Balz

Device deters repeat DUIs St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Apr 1, 2002; Christopher Goffard

Bush rally protesters plan to sue city, police St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Oct 20, 2001; Author: Graham Brink

Police wronged the protesters St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Aug 2, 2001; Editorial

Charges dropped against protesters St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jul 28, 2001; Author: David Karp

Hearing for two activists delayed St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jul 17, 2001; Author: David Karp

Counter demonstrators’ brave protest deserves protection St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 17, 2001; Author: Robyn E. Blumner

2 GOP workers triggered arrests St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 15, 2001; Author: Christopher Goffard

Dissent if you want, but don’t do it here St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 8, 2001; Author: Jan Glidewell

Foul call at Legends St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 8, 2001; Editorial

Suppression of rights at Bush rally is wrong St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 8, 2001; Letters to the Editor

Bush protesters say rights were muzzled St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 6, 2001; Author: Christopher Goffard

Protests not seen or heard: How polite St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 6, 2001; Author: Howard Troxler

Protesters kept at a distance; three arrested St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jun 5, 2001; Authors: Kevin Graham; Angela Moore

Gun seller denies violating ordinance Series: TIMES DIGEST St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Apr 5, 2001

BUSINESS BRIEFS Series: BUSINESS BRIEFS St. Petersburg Times; Copyright Times Publishing Co. Jan 7, 1998

Talk about your stunned silence; just the facts, ma’am and whatever happened to casing a joint? Series: TAMPA UNCUFFED St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg; Jan 12, 1995; Bill Duryea & Sue Carlton