Spotlight on Nicholas Koltay
Nick Koltay is a staff attorney in the Domestic Violence Unit, focusing his practice on guiding victims through the criminal complaint process and enforcing criminal violations of injunctions for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, repeat violence, and stalking. Previously, he was an Assistant State Attorney in Broward County for six years, serving in the Felony Trial Unit as a lead attorney handling first degree felonies, in the Juvenile Unit as a supervisor, and in the Drug Trafficking Unit, where he investigated and prosecuted cases against offenders facing minimum mandatory prison sentences of 7 to 25 years. He has tried over 35 jury trials and numerous bench trials, including charges for armed robbery, armed sexual battery, burglary of a dwelling, drug trafficking, aggravated assault/battery, and battery on a law enforcement officer. After graduating from law school, he served as a judicial law clerk to The Honorable Israel Reyes and The Honorable Barbara Areces in the Circuit Civil Division of the 11th Judicial Circuit. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2005 and cum laude from Notre Dame Law School in 2010, where he was an Executive Editor on the Journal of College and University Law. Mr. Koltay was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2010 and is a member of the Notre Dame Club of Miami.