J. Jervis Wise

Attorney J. Jervis Wise is a partner at the law firm of Brunvand, Wise & Farinella Law Group, in Clearwater, Florida. Focusing his practice on criminal defense, Mr. Wise represents clients throughout the Tampa Bay area in cases involving drug crimes, DUI, fraud, money laundering, racketeering, murder, obstruction of justice, perjury, public corruption and more.  He has obtained acquittals for clients in jury trials on charges ranging from DUI to first-degree murder. He has also secured numerous reversals of convictions and sentences in state and federal appellate courts.

After graduating with bachelor's degrees in business administration and food and resource economics from the University of Florida, Mr. Wise earned a law degree with a concentration in advocacy from Stetson University College of Law and served on the Law Review. He is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Middle District of Florida, the Southern District of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

Mr. Wise has extensive experience in state and federal courts at the trial, appellate, and post-conviction levels.  His practice areas include capital first-degree murder, drug trafficking and manufacturing, firearms offenses, government fraud, Medicaid and Medicare fraud, government fraud, tax evasion, identity theft and embezzlement. 

Along with his law practice, Mr. Wise also belongs to the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Pinellas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Pinellas County Trial Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.