Lee County State Attorney

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About Lee County State Attorney in Fort Myers

Lee County State Attorney is District Attorney Offices located at PO Box 398 Fort Myers, Florida, 33902

Phone number for Lee County State Attorney is 239-533-2236.

It ranks  19 of 70 District Attorney Offices in Florida.

It ranks  82 in District Attorney Offices.

The main duties of a Lee County State Attorney are typically imposed by law. This includes taking on behalf of the State at all trials related to violations that took place within the district attorney's geographic jurisdiction.

Lee County State Attorney generally charge the accused with crimes via information or grand indictments by juries. After levying criminal charges Lee County State Attorney will investigate those accused of the crime.

Lee County State Attorney often also have obligations that aren't connected with criminal prosecution. This includes protecting the county from civil lawsuits sometimes, and even initiating actions for the county, as well as preparing and review contracts that are signed by the county, and offering legal advice and guidance to local authorities. In certain jurisdictions the county attorney may not have any involvement in criminal cases in any way, and serves only as the attorney of the county.

Lee County State Attorney are assigned to specialized units created to tackle corruption in the public sector as well as organized crime, violence in the family and hate crimes, elderly abuse, fraud on consumers and other serious crimes.