Trial lawyer. Teacher. Builder.

The courtroom

I went to law school at St. Thomas University and graduated with honors in 2014. I was on Law Review, Moot Court, and the Trial Team. The Trial Team is the one that stuck.

I started my career as an Assistant Public Defender in Broward County. That job teaches you fast. You meet people on the worst day of their lives, you carry more files than anyone should, and you learn to try a case with whatever you have.

Today I'm the managing partner of Lafrance Golondrino Law in Plantation, Florida. We handle criminal defense and personal injury. I speak Haitian Creole, and I meet with Creole-speaking clients and their families in their own language.

The classroom

I teach trial advocacy at St. Thomas University College of Law and serve as faculty advisor to its Trial Team. During my time with the program, it has earned a top-five national ranking, won state and national championships, and been invited to some of the most selective competitions in the country. The students and coaches earned that.

Coaching taught me most of what I know about performance. Talent is common. Consistency is rare. And a lot of the job is fit: which coach works with which student, which student belongs in which role, and when to change the plan because the evidence says so.

Excellence demands consistency.

The workshop

I've always wanted to know how things work. Lately that means AI. I've built AI systems that run inside my own firm. They watch for court e-service, organize the day, and produce first drafts that a lawyer then checks. Not all of it worked the first time, and the failures taught me more than the wins.

The consulting work grew out of that. Lawyers and coaches started asking how I'd set things up. Now I help law firms and trial programs do it on purpose.

What I believe

Curiosity over certainty. I test my assumptions and change my mind when the evidence does. My first position is a starting point.

Substance without self-importance. The work should be serious. The person doing it doesn't have to be.

Judgment over noise. Knowing what matters, and when to say no, is most of the job. That goes for cases, projects, and partnerships. Walking away is sometimes the best call on the board.

Experimentation over tradition. Legal practice and legal education both carry a lot of habits nobody has tested in years. I'd rather test them.