Today, Felix's case has rallied the attention and support of some big players: Pat Bliss, a retired paralegal, has been working to secure Felix's freedom for 17 years; Reggie Garcia, trial attorney extraordinaire, has taken on the case pro bono; Ballard Partners and Sachs Media Group have joined the team as pro bono advocates to […]

For Florida's 3 million citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing, being heard and properly represented by the hearing world can mean the difference between life and death, success and failure, freedom and incarceration. Read more.

Reggie Garcia of Reginald R. Garcia, P.A., in Tallahassee wrote a legal article titled Parole in Florida: What, Who, When and Why? that was published by the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in its Defender magazine. Read more.

Felix Garcia is in prison for murder, his defenders say, in part because he did not want his hearing impairment to be mistaken for stupidity. Garcia, 52, is serving a life sentence for a August 1981 killing in a north Tampa motel room, the result of a drug robbery gone bad.  Despite an alibi that […]

Only six people in the past 10 years who were convicted on murder charges have had their sentences commuted. There's a case making news this week, however, on which Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet should be aligned to right a big wrong.  Felix Garcia, a 52-year-old deaf Floridian whose brother and sister framed […]

Tallahassee lawyer and lobbyist Reggie Garcia was recently elected to the Economic Club of Florida's Board of Directors, and appointed chairman of the membership committee. The E.C.F. is a leading forum for distinguished speakers on issues of the day. To date, there have been at least 456 distinguished speaker programs in Tallahassee.  Read more.

Homeowners insured by state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would not be able to choose their own contractors or neutral contractors to fix sinkhole damage to their homes in a bill that passed through the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday.  Reggie Garcia, a lobbyist for the Florida Justice Association, a group representing trial attorneys […]

A contentious sinkhole repair bill finally passed muster with a Senate panel, which cleared it on Tuesday.  Trial-lawyer interests and others continued to point out the bills flaws. Among those, they say, it requires specific performance as a remedy for faulty repairs.  That means that the original contractor has to go back and fix his […]

Sen. Jeff Brandes bill attempting to encourage private insurance companies to offer flood coverage to homeowners passed through another Senate panel Thursday, but the measure has a longer journey to the Senate floor.  Reggie Garcia, lobbyist for the Florida Justice Association, a group representing trial attorneys and consumers, urged the committee to expand the definition […]