Randolph Braccialarghe
Education:
- J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1977
Professor Randolph Braccialarghe joined Nova Southeastern University’s law faculty in 1983. He currently teaches Evidence and Professional Responsibility. He has also taught Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Trial Advocacy, and was Co-Director of the Criminal Clinic for 13 years.
After receiving his B.A. (1970) from the University of Michigan and J.D. (1977) from the University of Miami School of Law, Professor Braccialarghe practiced law in Fort Lauderdale, first as an assistant state attorney (1977-1981) and then as a commercial litigator (1981-1983) with English, McCaughan & O’Bryan.
In addition to consulting and testifying on ethics issues, Professor Braccialarghe has represented applicants before the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, lawyers in Florida Bar discipline matters, and judges before the Judicial Qualifications Committee.
Continuing Legal Education Teaching:
Professor Braccialarghe has taught continuing legal education seminars for lawyers on Ethics, Evidence, and Criminal Law, for U.S. Magistrates on Judicial Ethics, and he has taught at trial training programs for prosecutors, public defenders and civil litigators.
National Bar Activity:
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (Uniform Law Commission)
- Florida Commissioner – 3 terms - 2011 – 2023
- ULC’s Criminal Justice Reform Monitoring Committee
Florida Bar Activities:
Code and Rules of Evidence Committee of the Florida Bar - 1987-1990
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committees
- 1987-1990 - Committee “17-D” - Vice Chairman from 1988
- 1994-1997 - Committee “17-D” - Vice Chairman and Chairman, 1997
- 2005-2008 - Committee “17-A” - Vice Chairman and Chairman, 2007-8
Special Committee on Perjured Testimony - 1987-1989
Special Counsel for The Florida Bar in a disbarment proceeding
- 1993-1994 The Florida Bar v. Stephen Broudy
Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee
- 1993-1996, 2003- 2009, & 2014 - 2020 - Vice Chair 2016-2019, Chair 2019-2020
Florida Bar Ethics 2000 Review Panel - 2001-2002
Special Committee to Review the ABA Model Rules 2002 - 2002- 2005
Criminal Procedure Rules Committee
- 2008- 2014 – Vice Chairman 2012-2014
Expert Witness for the Florida Bar
- The Florida Bar v. Brian Neiman 2001-2002
- The Florida Bar v. Daryl Brown 2003
Expert Witness for the Judicial Qualifications Commission
- The Florida JQC v. Laura Watson 2013-2014
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
Professor Braccialarghe is the Faculty Advisor to the following Student Groups:
- Federal Bar Association
- Federalist Society
- Jewish Law Student Association
- National Security Law Society
- Nova Law Review
- Republican Law Student Association
- Tort Law Society
Personal Information:
Raised in Recife, Brazil, Decatur, Illinois, and Córdoba, Argentina, Professor Braccialarghe has also lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Boston, Massachusetts, and Rome, Italy
Selective Publications & Articles:
“A Rose By Any Other Name: A Lawyer’s Ethical Duty When A Client Is Prosecuted Under A False Name” (Dec. 14, 2021)
“Disallowing Guns Doesn’t Improve Safety” – Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (May 7, 2015)
“Guns Belong on Campus” – Miami Herald (May 3, 2015) – reprinted in America’s First Freedom as “Why Guns Belong on Campus” (July 2015)
“‘Gun-Free Zones’ Are Wishful Thinking” – Tallahassee Democrat (April 28, 2015)
“Why Were Perry Mason’s Clients Always Innocent? The Criminal Lawyer’s Moral Dilemma - The Criminal Defendant Who Tells His Lawyer He Is Guilty,” 39 Valparaiso L. Rev. 65 (2004).
“Response [to The Florida Bar’s Petition -- A Client’s Use of an Alias is a Fraud on the Tribunal].” Criminal Law Section Newsletter, Oct. 1993 at 9.
“Having It All -- Offering Criminal and Civil In-house and Extern Programs,” The Florida Bar Journal, 65 no. 7 (July/Aug. 1991): 39-40 (with Messing, Howard R., and Adams, William, Jr.).
“What a Lawyer is Ethically Required to do when Representing a Criminal Defendant Who Intends to Lie at Trial,” Criminal Law Section Newsletter, Nov. 1989 at 40 (with Duncan).
“Client Perjury: The Law in Florida,” 12 Nova L. Rev. 707 (1988); reprint in edited form in
The Advocate, December 1988.
“Defense Attorneys & Perjured Testimony,” Miami Herald (March 27, 1988).
“Bad Role Models For Law Students,” Miami [& Broward] Review (August 3, 1987).
“Representation of a Criminal Defendant Who Intends to Lie -- Another View,” Fla. Bar J., July 1987 at 29.
“Pretrial Preparation by the Prosecution,” book chapter, Florida Pretrial Practice in Criminal Cases (1987).
“A Lawyer’s Duty To Disclose His Client’s Intention To Lie,” Florida Bar News (Nov. 15, 1986).