Joshua Faett, Esq.
Joshua “Josh” Faett was born on August 31, 1971 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family to Florida during High School and attended Venice High. Josh received his degree in Political Science with a minor in mathematics from the University of South Florida in 1993. During college, Josh worked for the Property Appriasers Office of Hillsbourough County.
Upon graduation from USF, Josh went on to attend the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables Florida. During law school, Josh became acquainted with the criminal justice system by interning with the Dade County Public Defender’s Office. As a part of his internship he handled felony cases, including motion practice and felony trials. Josh graduated in 1996.
Josh’s first job as an attorney was with the Sarasota County Office of the State Attorney. As a misdemeanor prosecutor he handled charges ranging from DUI to battery. While he gained invaluable experience prosecuting he missed defense work, and when a position opened up at the Office of the Public Defender in Naples, Florida he quickly accepted the position. While at the office, Josh tried numerous cases. He also took part in numorous motions attacking the breath machine and DUI prosecution in general.
After the Public Defender’s Office, Josh became an associate with the Naples firm of Casassa, Mangone and Miller. He rapidly built his practice and became a partner in 1999. Active in the legal community, Josh served for several years as President of the Collier County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He also handled numerous trials, violations of probation/community control and appeals.
In 1999 Josh was hired to represent Paul Vanbebber. Mr. Vanbebber was charged with one count of DUI with property damage, three counts of DUI with personal injury, one of them with serious bodily injury, and one count of DUI manslaughter. Mr Vanbebber’s sentencing guidline scoresheet provided for a permissible sentence of a minimum of 175.9 months and a maximum of 240 months in prison. After a plea, Josh convinced the Judge to sentence Mr. Vanbebber to county jail time as opposed to prison, a downward departure. Mr. Vanbebber’s case was appealed by the State of Florida and the case was contested all the way to the Supreme Court of Florida. Josh argued the case and was able to convince the Court to allow the sentence to stand, creating a viable sentencing option for DUIs that had not been available before. The case created new law in Florida. The video of the oral arguments before the Supreme Court can be seen (or transcript reviewed) if you go to http://www.wfsu.org/gavel2gavel/archives/02-08.html. Once on this page, it is under the August 29th date.
Josh is now a member of the law firm of Faett and Darrow. Faett and Darrow handles criminal matters in Collier, Lee, Hendry and Charlotte Counties, Florida. Josh strives to give his clients the strongest representation possible and draws on his experience and connections in the legal community to do so. Josh has handled thousands of criminal cases and continues to passionately help the accused.