Debra A. Faulkner at Law Since 2009

Debbie is a Tampa Bay area native. She attended Stetson University on a Presidential Scholarship and at 19-years-old, Debbie graduated cum laude and earned the distinction of being Stetson’s youngest graduate since its founding in 1883.

She attended Cornell Law School – one of the five Ivy League law schools – and became the first person in her family to obtain a graduate-level education. Upon graduating, Debbie spent two years ghostwriting judicial opinions as a law clerk with the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Thereafter, Debbie returned home to Florida and became an Assistant State Attorney for the 6th Judicial Circuit, serving Pasco and Pinellas counties. There, she investigated and prosecuted various crimes including misdemeanors and more serious crimes. Debbie spent the majority of her time prosecuting DUIs and domestic violence crimes. She litigated several cases to jury verdict and gained valuable courtroom experience.