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Professional Certifications
Member of Florida Bar 
Admitted in April 1995
 
United States Supreme Court
Admitted March 2008
 
United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Admitted in May 2000
 
United States District Court
Southern District of Florida - Admitted in October 1996
Northern District of Florida - Admitted in October 1996
Middle District of Florida - Admitted in June 1997

Certified Public Accountant
State of Florida; Achieved in March 1987                   

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Experience
Marianne S. Rantala, P.A. (West Palm Beach, FL) - Sole Practitioner in the areas of Criminal Defense and Family Law. 

• Representing criminal defense clients charged with various State and Federal offenses including bank fraud, Medicare fraud, wire-fraud, various white collar charges, aggravated assault, domestic battery, simple and aggravated battery, DUI and other traffic offenses, possession and sale of narcotics, conspiracy to possess, distribute and import narcotics, illegal alien smuggling, prostitution, violations of probation, grand and petit theft, burglary, homicide, murder, manslaughter, etc. Accepting State court appointments to represent indigent persons charged with above offenses. 

• Representing family law clients in contested and uncontested dissolutions of marriages, modification actions, contempt motions relating to violations of family court orders, temporary and permanent restraining orders, prenuptial agreements, custody issues, paternity actions and adoptions.


Marianne S. Rantala is a former project attorney for the following law firms:

- Black, Srebnick & Kornspan, P.A. (f/k/a Roy Black, P.A.) (Miami, FL)
- Scott A. Srebnick, Attorney at Law (Miami, FL)
- Palm Beach County State Attorney, (West Palm Beach, FL) - Certified Legal Intern

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Education
University of Miami School of Law - Coral Gables, FL
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude; December 1994
University of Miami Entertainment and Sports Law Review
Phi Delta Phi

Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton, FL
Bachelor of Business Administration
May 1986, with Honors

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Professional and Other Memberships
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Federal Bar Association
Craig S. Barnard American Inn of Court
South Palm Beach County Bar Association
Palm Beach County Bar Association
Phi Delta Phi
Women for Excellence, Inc.

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Extracurricular Activities
Motor & Sail Boating
Guitar & Vocals
Windsurfing

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330 Clematis Street, Suite 209 
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Palm Beach: (561) 832-2233
Fax: (561) 832-1857


marianne@rantala.com 

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