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Immediately following her graduation from N.Y.U. School of Law, Ms. Rudenstine served as the "Death Penalty Clerk" for the New Jersey Supreme Court, where she wrote Bench Memos for the Court on upcoming death penalty cases. She then moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where she worked as a staff attorney for the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit organization committed to the representation of death row inmates on appeal and in postconviction proceedings. From Alabama, Ms. Rudenstine moved to Durham, NC, where she did similar work at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation before following her partner to Gainesville in 2003. She taught criminal law for two years at the University of Florida and Florida Coastal School of Law and then opened her own criminal appellate practice in August 2006. She practices in Florida appellate courts, Federal district courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Ms. Rudenstine currently is expanding her practice to include Title IX sports related lawsuits.
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224 NW 2nd Avenue Gainesville, FL 32601 |
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Ms. Rudenstine's practice is devoted exclusively to state and federal criminal appeals and motions for postconviction relief. She does not take trial cases.
| Association name | Position name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| American Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Alabama State Bar (inactive) | Member | N/A |
| American Bar Association | Member | 1999 - 1900 |
| American Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Alabama State Bar (inactive) | Member | N/A |
| National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Member, Indigent Defense Committee | 2003 - 1900 |
| National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Member, Indigent Defense Committee | N/A |
| National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Member, Indigent Defense Committee | N/A |
| Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Co-Chair, Amicus Committee | N/A |
| Florida State Bar | Member | N/A |
| Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Co-Chair, Amicus Committee | 2004 - 1900 |
| Florida State Bar | Member | 2004 - 1900 |
| Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Co-Chair, Amicus Committee | N/A |
| Florida State Bar | Member | N/A |
| Federal Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Federal Bar Association | Member | 2008 - 1900 |
| Federal Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Elite, Appellate Practice | Florida Trend Magazine | 2010 |
| President's Award | Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | 2008 |
| Gary Moncrieffe Award | N.Y.U. School of Law | 1998 |
| School name | Degree | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | B.A. | 1992 |
| Stanford University | B.A. | 1992 |
| New York University School of Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 1998 |
| New York University School of Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 1998 |
| State | Number | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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| FL | 711950 | Member in Good Standing | 2004 | 04/25/2019 |
| Publication name | Title | Date |
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| Juris Publishing | “Appeal and Post Conviction Review,” in Linda Friedman Ramirez, ed., Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense (3d ed.) | 2010 |
| The Defender, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) | “Petition for Quo Warranto Succeeds in Second Judicial Circuit” | 2008 |
| 12 Clin. L. Rev. 143 | With Ty Alper. “The Briseno Dilemma,” in Ty Alper, Anthony G. Amsterdam, Todd Edelman, Randy Hertz, Rachel Shapiro Janger, Jennifer McAllister-Nevins, Sonya Rudenstine & Robin Walker-Sterling, Stories Told and Untold: Lawyering Theory Analyses of the First Rodney King Assault Trial | 2005 |
| Title | Company name | Duration |
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| Owner | Sonya Rudenstine, Attorney at Law | N/A |
| Owner | Sonya Rudenstine, Attorney at Law | 2006 - 1900 |
| Owner | Sonya Rudenstine, Attorney at Law | N/A |
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