About Mr. Steve Rossi

Steve Rossi has been a member of the Florida Bar for almost 40 years. He has been recognized as a Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney. Certification is the highest level of recognition by The Florida Bar of the competency and experience of attorneys in the areas of law approved for certification by the Supreme Court of Florida. Mr. Rossi is a former Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.). He was employed in both the New York and Miami field offices. He investigated civil and criminal matters. He was a former prosecutor with the Broward County State Attorney Office. During this time, Mr. Rossi received several accolades including being recognized for most jury trials twice by the State Attorneys Office. While at the State Attorney's Office, Mr. Rossi prosecuted misdemeanor and felony cases. Mr. Rossi has represented the Broward Teacher's Union (BTU) as its local, legal counsel. The Broward Teacher's Union has more than 15,000 members. The Broward Teachers Union's members are in the 2nd largest district in the state and the 6th largest in the country. He has handled various teacher-related cases in both civil and criminal matters. He has presented various lectures and workshops focusing on education law. He has been an annual instructor for the Broward County School District's New Teacher Orientation Program discussing various issues in teacher liability matters. Mr. Rossi is a lawyer deeply rooted in the community. He is a long time South Florida resident. He has attended grade school, high school, college, and law school all in South Florida. He attended Barry University where he obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree and the University of Miami School of Law where he obtained his law degree. He has handled various legal matters throughout the state of Florida and around the country. He speaks Italian and conversational Spanish.

 

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School Law
Posted by anonymous
November 02, 2024
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I spoke with Steve Rossi and he bragged about all the people he knows, the things he has/knows about all of these people that I would be up against, and how his staff would help me with my case. He made me feel assured that they could take care of it before the case escalated. On the contrary, they made me feel invisible, and just took my money without any help or representation. They asked me to attend everything by myself and just take notes and tell them what happened. And then they charged me for reading my notes without any effort or resolution on their part. PLEASE look elsewhere for help because this is not the office for you when you desperately need it the most! VERY DISAPPOINTED!!! I wish I could give them zero or negative stars!

 
Civil Practice
Posted by Taina
July 29, 2024
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HORRIBLE & UNPROFESSIONAL!! I only spoke to Mr. Rossi once when it was time to hire him and sign my contract. His whole firm is clueless and extremely unorganized no one knows anything. I signed a contract for one price but received an invoice for a while different price. He charged me for emails to communicate regarding my case as well phone calls to and from his office. Mind you all these emails and calls were between office hours. Nothing was done about my case the actually lost documents regarding my case. Waste of my time and money. Do not waste money!!

 
Education Law
Posted by Yulika
January 06, 2024
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I had the worst experience one could imagine with Mr.Steve Rossi. Paid $5000 non -refundable retainer, and he did nothing for 3 months. We were `very disappointed with the very unprofessional handling of our case, frustrated with the lack of communication, any progress, and dozens unanswered emails we decided to terminate our relationship with Mr.Rossi and hired a new lawyer. During our 3 months client attorney had only one phone call with Mr.Rossi which occurred one month and half after we hired him and during the phone call, he demonstrated great luck of knowledge regarding our case. Not only that he was not helpful, but he did great harm leading us to hire second and later third lawyer to try to fix the mess he created.We hired him for an appeal case, to learn from our new attorney that Mr.Rossi with his failure to act had waved our rights to appeal, we had 30 days to do so, and he never informed us of our rights. So, he failed us, he took our money.

 
Education Law
Posted by Gregory
May 24, 2023
Hired Attorney

I have no idea how this man gets anything above a 1. We hired him for our son, and he did nothing. He called him the wrong name during appeal and never went over anything we talked about. After our son was convicted as charged by school which was sexual Harassment level 4 with Steve doing nothing. Our new lawyers are known getting everything removed from his record and staff may lose jobs as the new lawyers looked at the details. When we get our process finished, we will send everything to Floridia bar and hopefully no one ever has to go through Steve Rossi again.

 
Education Law
Posted by anonymous
February 10, 2023
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Just don't waste your money. Seriously, just don't waste your money. Just don't waste your money. Just don't waste your money. Just don't waste your money. Seriously, just don't waste your money. Good luck!!!

Education Law
Posted by anonymous
February 08, 2022
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Mr. Rossi is the stereotypical swindling lawyer. I had an issue with my private college where I was 15 hours from completing my Master's degree, had an issue come up in my internship in which an immediate action was taken on my degree program without any recourse or progressive disciplinary actions leading up to me not being allowed to finish up my 15 HOURS REMAINING. I had high hopes with Mr. Rossi, and thought he would do right by me. He took all my money for the retainer, and instead of filing a lawsuit against the school--he went and issued them a letter asking to have me continue my program when I said over the phone and via numerous emails: I wanted a LAWSUIT!! Me and my husband were both Graduate students at this private college, had just had our first child, and went through all of our jewelry and pawned what we could JUST to pay this man, and this is how he treated us!He probably was paid off by the college under the table, BEWARE!He will answer to God one day for what he did!

 
Education Law
Posted by anonymous
April 30, 2018
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Attorney Rossi advertises well. He states he is a former FBI employee etc. I gave a retainer for his services regarding a suspension of my son. After he received the money, I never heard from him. I communicated with his secretary and never communicated with any of the professional staff. I am a senior citizen with a minimal pension as a public servant. Mr. Rossi really hurt us and my son real bad. He took the money and I never heard from him other than a blue ----- email message on retainer.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Education Law 1
    • School Law
  • Other 3
    • Criminal Trial Law
    • Educational Law
    • Criminal Defense

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1988, Florida
    1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
    1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
    1995, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
    U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida Trial Bar
    U.S. Supreme Court
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Miami School of Law
    Class of 1987
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Barry University
    Class of 1984
    B.S.

    F.B.I. Academy, Quantico, Virginia
    Class of 1987

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Attorney at The Rossi Law Firm P.A.
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Sole Building, 533 NE 3rd Avenue, Ground Floor - Suite 2Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301U.S.A.

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Attorneys FAQs

  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Mr. Steve Rossi was admitted in 1988 to the State of Florida.
  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Mr. Steve Rossi is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and United States Supreme Court.
  • Does this attorney speak any other languages?
    Mr. Steve Rossi speaks Italian.
  • Is this attorney Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review rated?
    Yes, Mr. Steve Rossi has a 4.1 Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Mr. Steve Rossi attended University of Miami School of Law.