Education, Training, and Experience in Criminal Law
Mr. Pribble has been licensed to practice law in the State of Florida since 2010. He obtained his bachelor's degree from Ball State University where he studied Philosophy and Anthropology. He graduated cum laude (with honors) from the Florida State University College of Law in 2010. While in law school he interned at the Children in Prison Project where he advocated for juveniles serving prison sentences. He also interned at the Innocence Project of Florida where he helped litigate post-conviction cases including one in which an innocent person was exonerated and freed from prison after being wrongfully convicted and unjustly imprisoned for 35 years.
Mr. Pribble has trained at the National Criminal Defense College formerly held in Macon, Georgia, where he further developed his trial advocacy skills.
Mr. Pribble's career has been almost exclusively dedicated to defending his fellow citizens who have been accused of crimes, but he is also an experienced civil litigator having done defense work in that practice area as well. This wide-ranging experience allows him to bring a unique perspective to the often multi-faceted problems his clients face, especially when a client's legal problems have both civil and criminal implications.
Career Criminal Trial Lawyer
Before joining forces with Ms. Fore, Mr. Pribble spent 14 years honing his craft as an Assistant Public Defender in Palm Beach County, Florida where he defended thousands of criminal cases, ranging from misdemeanors to capital murder. During those years, he worked in the trial courts and in the appellate division, as well as being intimately involved in the training of the many lawyers in the office, especially in the areas of cross-examination and impeachment. As the Chief of Major Crimes for several years, Mr. Pribble tried numerous murder cases, including some of Palm Beach County's highest-profile death penalty cases.
Throughout his entire career, he has done nearly 80 jury trials to verdict, yet some of the most significant victories have been the favorable resolutions achieved before trial or even before criminal charges get filed by the prosecutor.
Mr. Pribble has defended all types of criminal offenses in Florida's state courts, at the trial level, on appeal, and in the postconviction context. Whether charged with a violent crime, drug crime, sex crime, manslaughter, murder, DUI, domestic battery, or a complex financial crimes case, Mr. Pribble's experience and litigation skills will be invaluable for your defense.