Fayard Rothbauer, PLLC

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Our trial experience includes excellent results in criminal defense, personal injury, and family law. The Attorneys at Fayard Rothbauer PLLC, have handled some of the most serious cases in trial courts. Attorney Michael Fayard focuses his practice on court work in the areas of Criminal Defense, Civil Litigation (including personal injury and construction law), and Family law. Attorney Angela Rothb

01/13/2026

โญ ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ โญ
๐Ÿฑ-๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ from Jonathan Gyory
โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€
โ€” Jonathan Gyory, 5-Star Google Review โญโญโญโญโญ

โš–๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€” ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ.
At Fayard Law, we know legal issues can be overwhelming. Thatโ€™s why we focus not only on outcomes but also on clear communication, responsiveness, and guiding our clients with confidence every step of the way.

Thank you, Jonathan, for trusting us and for sharing your experience. Weโ€™re honored to stand by our clients when it matters most.

๐Ÿ“ž Need legal guidance you can trust? Call (941) 306-1310
๐ŸŒ www.fayard-law.com

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โ“ ๐™Œ: ๐Ÿšจ ๐™’๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™–?
โœ… ๐˜ผ: ๐™„๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ โ€” ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ข๐™š๐™™.
A first appearance hearing typically happens within 24 hours of an arrest in Florida. This is not a trial, and itโ€™s not a time where guilt or innocence is decided. Instead, itโ€™s a short hearing meant to get things started.

๐˜ฟ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™– ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ:
โœ”๏ธ Explain the charges
โœ”๏ธ Make sure you understand your rights
โœ”๏ธ Address bond or release conditions
โœ”๏ธ Set the next court dates
For many people, this is their first experience in court, and it can feel intimidating โ€” but youโ€™re not expected to have all the answers.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€
What happens at first appearance can affect:
๐Ÿ”น Whether you remain in custody or are released
๐Ÿ”น Bond amount and conditions
๐Ÿ”น Restrictions such as travel limits or no-contact orders
Having an attorney involved early can help protect your rights and prevent unnecessary complications.

โš–๏ธ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ
At Fayard Law, we help clients understand whatโ€™s happening, what to expect next, and how to move forward calmly and confidently. Our goal is to reduce stress and start building your defense as early as possible.

๐Ÿ“ž If you or a loved one has been arrested in Sarasota, call (941) 306-1310
๐ŸŒ www.fayard-law.com
Weโ€™re here to guide you โ€” one step at a time.

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