• Member of the Florida Bar since 1988.
• Member of the Federal Bar since 1989.
• Member of the Federal Trial Bar since 1992.
• Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (covering Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi).
• The current Chairperson of the Criminal Law Practice Section of the Lee County Bar.
• Former President of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Lee County Chapter.
• Only Lee County attorney on the Registry for Capital Death Penalty Cases, and the Commission on Capital Cases.
• Member of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Lee County Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
• In twenty years (23) years as a criminal defense lawyer, David A. Brener has handled thousands of criminal cases.
• He has negotiated hundreds of plea bargains on behalf of his clients with prosecutors in Lee County.
• David A. Brener has personally handled approximately fifty five (55) homicide cases, and has acted as lead defense counsel or co-counsel in nineteen (19) capital first degree murder cases where the DEATH PENALTY was sought.
• Mr. Brener has written: “Prosecutorial Misconduct in the Penalty Phase Closing Argument of a Capital Case,” published in Florida Defender Magazine (Winter 2007); “Thoughts on Delays in Death Sentences,” Guest Opinion, Fort Myers News-Press (January 10, 2008); “The Mitigation Specialist as an Integral Part of the Defense Team in a Capital Murder Case,” Res Gestae, Lee County Bar Magazine (November 2008); “Limitations on the Scope of Voir Dire,” Res Gestae (January 2009); “The Bottom Line,” Res Gestae (February 2009); “The Necessity for a Special Jury Instruction on Heat of Passion Manslaughter,” Res Gestae (March 2009); “Death Penalty Costly in Hard Economic Times,” Guest Opinion, Fort Myers News-Press (April 02, 2009); “Florida’s Death Penalty Problems and Recommendations,” Res Gestae (May 2009); "Arraignment exception swallows rule" ; Res Gestae (August,2009) "On Jury Nullification," Res Gestae (October 2009); "Not Just Wishful Thinking", The American Bar Association Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases," Res Gestae, (January 2009); “The Bottom Line,” Res Gestae (February 2009); “The Necessity for a Special Jury Instruction on Heat of Passion Manslaughter,” Res Gestae (March 2009); “Death Penalty Costly in Hard Economic Times,” Guest Opinion, Fort Myers News-Press (April 02, 2009); “Florida’s Death Penalty Problems and Recommendations,” Res Gestae (May 2009); “Arraignment Exception Swallows Rule”, Res Gestae (August, 2009) “On Jury Nullification”, Res Gestae (October 2009); It’s all Junk: Defense Counsel’s Duty to Litigate Forensic Evidence, Res Gestae, (April 2010); “Re-Thinking Change of Venue in High Profile Capital Cases,” The Champion, Magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, (June 2010); “Not Just Wishful Thinking: The A.B.A Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance or Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases,” Florida Defender Magazine, Summer 2010; “Privately Retained Criminal Lawyers Must Be ‘Capital Qualified’ to Represent First Degree Murder Clients Unless the Death Penalty Has Already Been Waived,” Res Gestae (August 2010); “Human Life Is Worth The Wait: Florida Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentences”, Res Gestae (November 2010). and “The Credibility of Forensic Evidence,” Res Gestae, (September 2010).
• Mr. Brener has had JURY TRIALS on a wide variety of criminal cases, including cases where the charges were:
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH FIREARM / DEADLY WEAPON
• GRAND THEFT AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY
• POSSESSION AND USE OF FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
• DRUG SALES, DELIVERIES, PURCHASES, AND POSSESSIONS
• HOME / BOAT INVASION ROBBERY
• POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE
• ARSON
• CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
• BATTERY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
• LEWD ASSAULT, BATTERY AND MOLESTATION
• DUI
• ECONOMIC / WHITE COLLAR CRIMES
David A. Brener has been quoted in numerous newspaper and television media outlets, including:
•The New York Times
•The Washington Post
•The Miami Herald
•The Naples Daily News
•The Fort Myers News-Press
•The Palm Beach Post
•The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
•Sports Illustrated
•ABC 7
•WINK News
•NBC 2
•FOX News
•Cape Coral Daily Breeze
He has appeared on IN SESSION (formerly COURT TV) as a special local commentator in the Juan Mendez double murder case, and is frequently asked to give his opinion in matters of law or strategy by local media outlets.
Mr. Brener sponsored the "MOVE IT or LOSE IT" Campaign with the Lee County Sheriff's Office, and received the First Annual Waterman Broadcasting Community Service Award.