Johnny D. Drizis is a Former Prosecutor in Pinellas County. He has experience in all aspects of being your criminal defense attorney including:

• DUI’s
• Drug Possession
• Drug Trafficking
• Domestic Violence
• Home Invasion Robbery
• Kidnapping
• Burglary
• Robbery
• Sex Offenses
• Thefts
• Assaults and Battery
• Violation of Probation
• Bond Reductions
• Obtaining Property and Worthless Checks
• Exungement/and or Sealing of Record
• Pretrial Diversion Programs


IT IS IMPERATIVE YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. Johnny D. Drizis, criminal defense attorney will inform you of your rights...

Johnny D. Drizis has the Trial experience needed to protect your rights with over 50 jury trials. He was also former Lead Trial Attorney for the State Attorney’s office and was assigned to Felony Domestic Violence Division. Let him help you:

• Pre-filing Strategy
• Review Discovery and consider Admissibility of Evidence
• Prepare and argue appropriate Motions
• Advise you of current Penalties and Sanctions
• Advise you in obtaining Withholding Adjudication
• Advise you of possible Diversion Programs
• Attend all Pretrials and Hearings
• Attend Depositions
• Attend Sentencing Hearing

There is a window of opportunity between an arrest and the filing of formal charges. In most criminal cases the best opportunity to have charges dropped or reduced is after the arrest and prior to the state attorney filing formal charges. The charging decision can often be impacted by telling the other side of the story or by providing mitigation evidence to the state attorney.

Johnny D. Drizis P.A. is your voice to the state attorney, before they file formal charges. Our pre-filing strategy gives our clients the opportunity to impact the state attorney's filing decision and, in some cases, avoid serious charges, minimum mandatory prison sentences and a life-long criminal record. We are knowledgeable and experience and thus able to explore all possible options for our client’s. Attorney Drizis can provide you with information of how the criminal charge will affect you now, and in the future, with a focus on alternatives to prison and a criminal record.