Attorney Bios
Barry Taracks
As a former state prosecutor, Barry Taracks is familiar with both sides of the courtroom. Graduating from Stetson College of Law in 1986, he went on to become an Assistant State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit. As a criminal prosecutor, he handled misdemeanor and felony cases from 1986 to 1989. When he left the office in 1989, he began practicing criminal defense, instead. As a defense attorney, Mr. Taracks has the upper hand in the courtroom; with a working knowledge of criminal prosecution strategies and techniques, he creates aggressive and effective case strategies to keep his clients out of jail.
Today, Mr. Taracks has expanded his legal horizons to work family litigation cases, DUI case and criminal defense cases. Constantly striving to become more educated and informed in his field of practice, Mr. Taracks became certified to operate the Intoxilyzer 5000, a device used to determine whether or not a motorist was driving under the influence of alcohol. Over the course of his career, Mr. Taracks has handled more than 5,500 cases – acting as lead attorney in more than 179 jury trials. He is qualified to practice law in State and Federal Court.
Octavio "Tav" Gomez
Octavio Gomez is originally from Colombia. After moving to the United States as a child, he grew up in Fort Lauderdale and attended Florida State University. After earning his undergraduate degree in Political Science and History, he went on to earn his Juris Doctorate at the Florida State University College of Law. As an attorney, Mr. Gomez has a reputation for aggressive and dedicated advocacy in criminal and civil litigation. As a law student, he served as an intern with the Agency for Health Care Administration. He is constantly striving to become a more educated and informed legal professional, and regularly attends legal seminars.
After graduating from law school, Mr. Gomez began working as a state prosecutor at the State Attorney's office in Tampa, Florida. As a prosecuting attorney, he handled thousands of DUI and misdemeanor cases, gaining an invaluable understanding of criminal prosecution. He also served as Lead trial attorney and has handled a multitude of felony cases, including habitual offender cases, 10-20-life cases, Today, he uses this knowledge to the advantage of his clients in court. grand theft cases and trafficking cases. Mr. Gomez has developed an invaluable understanding of the discovery phase and trial preparation. He has represented high profile cases in both Federal and State court. Please review our case results to confirm his great achievements.
Mr. Gomez is fluent in Spanish and has served as lead attorney in more than 60 jury trials. Mr. Gomez has not limited his legal horizons to criminal defense; he is very experienced in personal injury cases. As a personal injury attorney, he is dedicated to helping injured victims get the financial compensation they need and deserve. He has helped clients in injuries in slip and fall accidents, dog bite cases and negligence Automobile accident claims. If you've been hurt, Mr. Gomez is the kind of attorney you need to represent you. With more than 10 years of legal experience, he handles cases with strategic aggressiveness to maximize case results.
Anthony Rickman
Anthony Rickman received a full academic scholarship to attend the University of South Florida. After graduating cum laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a minor in Criminal Justice, he decided to pursue a law degree at the Florida State University College of Law. He began his legal career at the Hillsborough County State Attorney's office working as an Assistant State Attorney. There, he earned valuable legal experienced prosecuting thousands of DUI, misdemeanor, traffic violation and felony cases.
Mr. Rickman joined The Law Firm of Taracks Gomez & Associates in 2007. Since then, he has focused his practice helping people wrongfully accused of a crime. As a former prosecutor, he is familiar with the ins and outs of criminal prosecution – knowledge that he uses to more effective help his clients in the courtroom today. In addition to criminal defense, he is activity involved in personal injury cases and regularly fights for the rights of injury victims. He is also the lead attorney in the Entertainment and Sports law division of the firm.
Mr. Rickman is qualified to practice law in State and Federal Court. As a criminal defense attorney, he continues to help clients in traffic offense cases, DUI cases, manslaughter cases, drug possession cases and other criminal offense matters. As a prosecutor, he gained a clear understanding of prosecution strategies and how to find their weaknesses. He has helped clients obtain dismissal charges and has argued hundreds of motions. Although he is skilled and often resolves cases before they actually go to trial, he treats every case as though it will be taken before a jury.
Last year, Taracks Gomez & Rickman opened an entertainment and sports law branch of the firm. Spearheaded by Mr. Rickman, the branch focuses its efforts to help producers, directors, entertainers, artists, musicians and athletes in court. Because of his diverse legal background, Mr. Rickman is able to employ his skills to help his clients in the television, film, music and sports industries. Since the development of the entertainment and sports law branch, Mr. Rickman has worked on negotiations for multimillion dollar films.
Additionally, he has aided in production contracts, directorial contracts, movie and television development contracts, film and video distribution agreements and entertainment representation agreements. Today, Mr. Rickman is able to use the negotiation and trial skills he gained as a prosecution and defense attorney in entertainment law. Besides working criminal defense and entertainment law, Mr. Rickman is well-versed in personal injury cases, too. As a personal injury attorney, he is dedicated to helping injury victims get the financial compensation they deserve.
If you have been hurt and believe that another person's carelessness or negligence is responsible, Mr. Rickman can help. After an injury, clients may feel overwhelmed by the thought of taking their case to court. Mr. Rickman helps clients by giving them sound legal advice, helping them understand their legal circumstances and fighting aggressively for their rights in the courtroom. Mr. Rickman handles any type of personal injury case, including car accident, premises liability, dog bit and negligence cases.
Frank Kerney III
After graduating from the University of South Florida, Frank Kerney III went on to obtain a law degree from Stetson University College of Law. As a law student, Frank was an initiated member of College of Law's Honors fraternity. At graduation, he was honored as a recipient of the William F. Blews Service Award. Today, he is an aggressive attorney devoted to family law, criminal defense and personal injury cases. He is licensed to practice in both State and Federal Court.
During law school, Mr. Kerney gained valuable experienced as a certified intern, where he was approved by the Governor to represent clients while still a student. There, he worked in the post-conviction relief division, obtaining a working knowledge of everything from first-degree murder appeals to simple misdemeanors. Since joining the legal team at Taracks Gomez & Rickman, Mr. Kerney has handled thousands of criminal cases, including DUI’s, drug crimes, sex crimes, and violent crimes.
Frank is also the lead family law attorney at Taracks Gomez & Rickman. He is experienced in a wide variety of family law cases, including divorce, injunctions, child custody, child support, alimony, domestic violence, relocation, modification and visitation rights. He is proud of his reputation as an assertive and aggressive legal representative and always ready to help clients both in and out of the courtroom. He is dedicated to helping clients by giving their cases the personalized care and attention they deserve, even giving clients his personal cell phone number so that they can contact him at any time.
Brandon Kuhn
Brandon Kuhn is licensed to practice law in State and Federal Court. As an attorney, he is dedicated to helping clients get the case results they need. After graduating with honors from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science Degree, he decided to pursue a law degree at the Walter F. George School of Law Mercer University. As a student, Mr. Kuhn gained valuable legal experienced working for a criminal defense firm handling civil and criminal issues. At the firm, he drafted complaints in personal injury cases and helped defend clients facing serious criminal charges – even murder. He was also a legal intern for a criminal judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit.
After graduating from law school, Mr. Kuhn worked for the Hillborough County State Attorney's Office as an Assistant State Attorney. During this time, he was a criminal prosecutor for six years. As such, he gained valuable experienced learning about the strategies, strengths and weaknesses associated with prosecution. Today, he uses his understanding of prosecution to help clients keep their records clean and stay out of jail. As a prosecutor, Mr. Kuhn handled hundreds of felony cases. These cases included, child neglect, child abuse, aggravated child abuse, lewd behavior, lascivious molestation, battery, sexual battery, capital sexual battery,
child pornography and involuntary civil commitment. Mr. Kuhn has worked on thousands of felony cases and tried more than 50 jury trials.
His experience includes working with DNA evidence and helping to train DNA analysis at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. He has handled cases involving solicitation to commit murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, false imprisonment, burglary, grand theft, domestic violence, drug crimes, and driving under the influence. In addition to working high-profile cases, he has argued hundreds of motions associated with criminal cases and received special training for cases involving human trafficking, sexually violent predators, trial practice, federal trial practice, cross examinations, domestic violence and DUI trial advocacy. His vast experience and exemplary work ethic have made him the high-quality legal representative he is today.
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