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Florida Department of Juvenile Justice — Our Children, Our Future

Delinquency & CINS/FINS Attorney List

FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A CHILD WHO IS TRUANT FROM SCHOOL, UNGOVERNABLE OR A RUNAWAY CONTACT THE FLORIDA NETWORK:

floridanetwork.org
Telephone: 850-922-4342

 

The following attorneys have been assigned to represent the Department in general delinquency and CINS/FINS proceedings in each judicial circuit. If you have further issues related to delinquency or CINS/FINS (children-in-need-of­ services/families-in-need-of-services), please call:

Kywa Hammond

Regional Attorney Supervisor
Office of General Counsel

Email: Kywa.Hammond@FLDJJ.GOV
Phone: (407) 845-6081

Note: These attorneys represent the Department in general delinquency and children-in-need-of-services/families-in-need-of-services (CINS/FINS) cases within their respective judicial circuits. They cannot provide legal advice to parents or youths. Consultations with service providers and employees must be only to support the Department's bona fide interests.

CircuitAttorneyEmailTelephoneCounty
1Tonja MathewsTonja.Mathews@fldjj.gov(850) 717-2451Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton
2Tonja MathewsTonja.Mathews@fldjj.gov(850) 717-2451Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla
3Latisha JamesLatisha.James@fldjj.gov(850) 294-5420 
4Latisha JamesLatisha.James@fldjj.gov(850) 294-5420 
5Jennifer Lima-SmithJennifer.Lima-Smith@fldjj.gov(813) 496-2101Citrus, Hernando
5Kywa HammondKywa.Hammond@fldjj.gov(407) 845-6081Lake, Sumter, Marion Delinquency
5Latisha JamesLatisha.James@fldjj.gov(850) 294-5420Marion CINS
6Courtney McKenzieCourtney.McKenzie@fldjj.gov(813) 496-2102 
7Andrea WrightAndrea.Wright@fldjj.gov(904) 763-4810 
8Andrea WrightAndrea.Wright@fldjj.gov(904) 763-4810 
9Kywa HammondKywa.Hammond@fldjj.gov(407) 845-6081Orange
9Raylene CoeRaylene.Coe@fldjj.gov(407) 845-6082Osceola
10Jennifer Lima-SmithJennifer.Lima-Smith@fldjj.gov(813) 496-2101 
11Scott PettusScott.Pettus@fldjj.gov(954) 595-1088Delinquency
11Keisha JacksonKeisha.Jackson@fldjj.gov(786) 778-7543CINS
12Courtney McKenzieCourtney.McKenzie@fldjj.gov(813) 496-2102 
13Jennifer Lima-SmithJennifer.Lima-Smith@fldjj.gov(813) 496-2101 
14Tonja MathewsTonja.Mathews@fldjj.gov(850) 717-2451Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington
15Keisha JacksonKeisha.Jackson@fldjj.gov(786) 778-7543 
16Scott PettusScott.Pettus@fldjj.gov(954) 595-1088 
17Keisha JacksonKeisha.Jackson@fldjj.gov(786) 778-7543 
18Kywa HammondKywa.Hammond@fldjj.gov(407) 845-6081Brevard Delinquency
18Raylene CoeRaylene.Coe@fldjj.gov(407) 845-6082Brevard CINS, Seminole
19Raylene CoeRaylene.Coe@fldjj.gov(407) 845-6082Indian River, Okeechobee
19Keisha JacksonKeisha.Jackson@fldjj.gov(786) 778-7543St. Lucie, Martin
20Scott PettusScott.Pettus@fldjj.gov(954) 595-1088