CRIMINAL LAWYER TANIA ALAVI

Criminal Lawyer Tania Alavi is a Partner with Alavi & Pozzuto, P.A., with offices in Ocala and Gainesville, Florida. With a focus on Florida Criminal Defense and Federal Criminal Defense, Tania has a deep understanding of legal issues and major court cases that affect her clients. She maintains an extensive presence throughout the Fifth Judicial Circuit (Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Lake and Sumter Counties) and the Eighth Judicial Circuit (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, and Union Counties).

ATTORNEY TANIA ALAVI’S COMMITMENT TO YOU

Ocala Criminal Lawyer Tania Alavi

Tania Alavi is an Ocala and Gainesville area Criminal Lawyer. Whether she’s defending persons charged with DUI, Drug Possession, Domestic Battery or 1st-degree Murder, Tania is known as a compassionate advocate, savvy negotiator, and a seasoned trial attorney. Having over 32 years of experience combined with her understanding of the local prosecutors and judges, enhance her ability to help her clients.

Tania is certified to represent individuals charged with Death Penalty crimes and has years of experience helping clients with mental health concerns. She has defended people from all walks of life, including indigent people, working folks and successful professionals. Her reputation as a fierce advocate is such that, when law enforcement officers or their families have had legal troubles, they too have counted on her for help. Tania also represents crime victims and juveniles.

Attorney Alavi has been formally installed as the 2025-2026 President of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), following her tenure on the Board since 2007 and leadership on several committees. Her ascension to the presidency represents a culmination of over three decades of courtroom advocacy, legal education, and statewide CLE programming—and positions her to steer FACDL’s mission of defending due process, supporting criminal defense practitioners, and shaping policy across Florida’s judicial circuits.

Tania is the author of “The Power of a Parent” published in the FACDL Florida Defender Magazine.