Patricia Dawson
Email:
lpatriciadawson@tampabay.rr.com
Bio:
Attorney Patricia Dawson is a practicing attorney, for about 30 years, focusing on Criminal Defense, Family Law, Personal Injury, Title IX, and Mediation. She is a Florida Supreme Court-certified Mediator in Family Law, Circuit Civil, and County. She also has litigated several high-profile cases. Presently Attorney Dawson is a solo practitioner of the Law Office of Patricia Dawson, P.A. since 2006. She formerly served as a Prosecutor for the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office for over 11 years. During that period, she litigated cases involving murder, sexual battery, trafficking, racketeering, domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, robbery, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, etc. Over the years, Attorney Dawson has provided legal commentary and analysis on Fox 13 News on Transgender Restroom Debate; legal advice for “Ask a Lawyer;” and provided commentary on a high-profile case.
Attorney Dawson has an established commitment to the legal profession and her community, as exemplified through her participation and leadership in legal organizations and associations. She is a past Chair of the CLE Committee of The Florida Bar, former Co-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Florida Bar Criminal Law Section Executive Council, former Chair of the Communication Committee of the Florida Bar Criminal Law Section Executive Council, and a past Chair of FAMU Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative (MMERI) External Advisory Council. She is a former member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of The Florida Bar. She is the Chair of the Hillsborough County Sickle Cell Association and Chair of the Restoration-Historian Committee of the Jackson House Foundation. She is and/or has been a member of the Florida Bar Trial Lawyer Section, National Bar Association, George Edgecombe Bar Association, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Hillsborough County Association of Women Lawyers, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Black Prosecutors Association.
Also, Attorney Dawson formerly was a board member of the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs (TOBA), board treasurer for the Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc., and other boards and advisory committees. She has participated as a mentor for Middleton High School’s Tampa Bay Male Club, Eldridge F. McLane Middle School, TOBA’s Ladies in Training Mentor and Sponsorship Program, and Hillsborough County Girl’s Court.
Attorney Dawson is a Tampa native; a graduate of Florida A. M. University; and earned her Juris Doctorate from Florida State University in 1994.