Somrak, Bradley M.

After earning a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida, Ms. Jaques worked for four years as a Correctional Probation Officer for the Florida Department of Corrections where she supervised adult felony offenders on community based sanctions such as probation, community control, parole, and controlled release. There, she learned to manage large caseloads and deal with all aspects of the criminal justice system.

Ms. Jaques went on to attend the University of Florida in glorious Gainesville and earned her law degree in 2000. While at the University of Florida, Ms. Jaques was a certified legal intern for Gator TeamChild, a full service legal clinic handling the needs of juvenile clients in many areas including education law (school expulsions, administrative hearings, special education), juvenile delinquency and dependency, emancipation, child custody, federal civil rights claims for incarcerated children, appellate issues, and a wide variety of other civil matters.

Upon graduation from law school and while waiting to take the bar exam, Ms. Jaques moved to Volusia County, FL. She interned for the Office of the State Attorney for the 18th Judicial Circuit in Sanford, FL and handled misdemeanor cases including DUI, domestic violence, and drug possession.

For the subsequent two years, Ms. Jaques handled felony criminal appeals for the Office of the Attorney General in Daytona Beach, FL, preparing over 40 appellate briefs and participating in oral arguments before the 5th District Court of Appeal.

Desiring to enhance her experience as a trial attorney, Ms. Jaques accepted a position with the Office of the State Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit. After serving the office in New Smyrna Beach in the Misdemeanor Division, Ms. Jaques was promoted to the Felony Drug Unit in Daytona Beach in 2003. There, she became well acquainted with undercover drug operations and search and seizure issues. As Ms. Jaques' reputation as a dogged yet compassionate prosecutor flourished, she was asked to take on a new task as part of the on-call Sexual Assault Response Team. There she dealt with adult and child victims of sexual battery and learned the importance of "CSI evidence" such as DNA and fiber and trace evidence. She also received extensive training in Online Crimes against Children and Child Pornography and prosecuted many of these types of cases involving computer forensic evidence.

Most recently, she served the DeLand office as a Lead Trial Attorney and docket supervisor handling the most serious of crimes to include Vehicular Homicide, DUI Manslaughter, Attempted Homicides, Home Invasions, Armed Robbery, Carjacking, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, and special victims' crimes such as Sexual Battery and Child Pornography. During this time, she has also been a frequent lecturer for nurses, prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies on areas of the law such as search and seizure, report writing, evidence, and sex crimes investigations.