Richard Baron Application packageCITY OF MIAMI BEACH
BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPLICATION FORM
BaronRichard
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FL33140
HOME ADDRESS
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2526 Lake AvenueMiami Beach
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rb@richardbaronlaw.com
305 528 2688305 577 4626305 577 4630
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Managing Partner
Business Name:
Baron Breslin & Sarmiento
Position:
501 N.E. 1st Ave
MiamiFL33132
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I Richard Baron agreed to the following terms on 1/8/2014 4:03:5
Received in the City Clerk's Office by:
Name of Deputy Clerk Control No.Date
RICHARD BARON
Current Employment Position:
Managing Partner, Baron, Breslin & Sarmiento, P.A.
Areas of Practice:
Civil and Criminal Trial, Florida Bar Grievances, Florida Board of Bar Examiner Admissions
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
:
Florida, 1974
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Education:
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 1970
American University, B.A., 1967
Professional Associations and Memberships:
The Florida Bar
Dade County Bar Association
American Bar Association
BIO:
Richard Baron has been an attorney since 1974 and the managing principal of the Law
Firm of Baron, Breslin & Sarmiento, P.A. Richard is the founder and President of The Friends
of the Drug Court, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that raises and contributes in excess
of $400,000.00 annually to the support of the Miami-Dade County, Florida Drug Court as well as
to education and housing grants to the participants of the Drug Court. Richard is also the founder
of the Dependency Drug Court Angels a 501 (c) (3) organization supporting the Dependency
Drug Court.
As an experienced trial lawyer, Richard has represented hundreds of clients with drug and
alcohol problems on a pro bono basis. He has been appointed numerous times as a Guardian Ad
Litem to assist Family Court Judges in difficult cases with alcohol and drug issues, always
without compensation. Richard was the Kiwanis Club of Biscayne Bay “Citizen of the Year” in
2008 for his outstanding outreach to the community. Richard was honored by the judges of the
Eleventh Judicial District as the Guardian ad Litem of the year in 2010 and was the recipient of
the 2013 Dade County Bar Association’s “Sookie Williams Award” for outstanding community
service.
Richard is a Charter member of Florida Lawyer's Assistant Program and monitor to
dozens of lawyers with substance abuse issues in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Richard is the
Facilitator of the Caduceus Group of Recovering Professionals and has been so since 1995.
Since 1985, Richard has been a pillar of strength to other addicts and alcoholics since his
early recovery. Mr. Baron has sponsored hundreds of recovering addicts and alcoholics in the
past 20 years and is responsible for helping countless people stay on the path to long term
recovery.