• 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.
• 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 two (22) 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 (50) homicide cases, and has acted as lead defense counsel or co-counsel in sixteen (16) 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 Thking", The American Bar Association Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases," Res Gestae, (January 2009)
• 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