As Senior Counsel for Greenspoon Marder’s White Collar and Criminal Defense practice group, Adriana Collado-Hudak zealously defends individuals, professionals and businesses in state and federal criminal courts. Ms. Collado-Hudak is recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Florida by The National Trial Lawyers Association and is rated Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent by her peers. Recently, Ms. Collado-Hudak and the White Collar and Criminal Defense practice were listed as one of the Top 20 Criminal Defense Lawyers in Miami by expertise.com.
Through results-driven, client-focused strategies, Ms. Collado-Hudak consistently achieves favorable outcomes on complex cases, such as dismissal or non-filing of charges, negotiation of favorable plea offers, reduction of charges, and acquittals at trial.
Ms. Collado-Hudak’s areas of expertise include:
- Pre-Indictment Investigations
- Responses to Grand Jury Subpoenas
- Pretrial Detention and Bond Hearings
- Domestic Violence Injunctions
- Drug Offenses
- DUI and Criminal Traffic
- Extradition Proceedings
- Financial Crimes (i.e., Fraud, Bribery, Insider Trading, Ponzi Schemes)
- Recovery of Seized Currency
- Money Laundering
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Property Offenses (i.e., Burglary, Theft, Arson)
- Violent Crimes (i.e., Assault, Battery, Homicide)
- Weapons/Firearm Offenses
- Sex Offenses
- Internet Crimes (i.e., Identity Theft, Pornography)
- Organized Crime and Racketeering (RICO)
- Anti-Kickback and Stark Act Violations
Ms. Collado-Hudak is the author of the 10th and 11th Editions of the Florida Criminal Cases Notebook Supplement, a publication used by state attorneys, judges and criminal defense attorneys as a reference on emerging case law. She has appeared as a legal consultant on local and international media outlets discussing issues pertinent to the criminal justice system and is designated by the United States District Court as a Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- Florida
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Education
- J.D., University of Florida, cum laude, 2004
- B.S., Communications, Florida International University, cum laude, 1995
Professional and Community Involvement
- Miami Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers (MD-FAWL)
- Board of Directors, Present
- Federal & State Court Liaison Committee, Co-Chair, 2018-2020
- Dade County Bar Association (DCBA)
- Board of Directors, Present
- Criminal Courts Committee, Member (2017-Present)
- Florida Bar Grievance Committee, Present
- Women’s White Collar Crime Defense Association (WWCDA), Member
- MDFAWL Foundation, Board Member (2019-Present)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Miami Chapter (FACDL), Board of Directors, 2009-2011
Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, “Women, Wealth & Wisdom Series, Part Two” Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers, May 6, 2021
- Speaker, “Women, Wealth & Wisdom Series, Part One” Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers, April 8, 2021
- Speaker, “Financial Frauds and Healthcare Hoaxes-How to Avoid Becoming a Victim” Webinar, February 12, 2021
- Moderator, “Can You Have it All, All at Once?” – Panel, DCBA Bench and Bar Conference, March 6, 2020
- Speaker, “Federal Practice” Seminar, American Inns of Court, Bench and Bar Conference, March 1, 2019
- Speaker, “White Collar Crime Law and the Criminal Justice Reform Under the New Administration: Trends, Developments and Updates,” The Knowledge Group Live Webcast, November 10, 2017
Recognitions
- U.S. News & World Report, “Best Lawyers in America,” Criminal defense: White-Collar, 2023-2024
- Martindale-Hubbell, Rated AV® Preeminent ™
- Latino Leaders magazine, “Top Latino Lawyer,” 2021
- Expertise, “Best Criminal Defense Lawyers in Miami,” 2020
- The National Trial Lawyers Lawyers Association, “Top 100 Trial Lawyers,” 2016
Publications
- “11th Circ Ruling Doesn’t Lower Qualified Immunity Bar“, Law360
- The Florida Criminal Cases Notebook Supplement, 10th & 11th edition
- “Unfair Use: The Lack of Fair Use Protection for Satire under § 107 of the Copyright Act,” 9 J. Tech. L. & Pol’y 65-80, 2004
In the News
- Featured, “Sale de la cárcel tras matar a un asaltante en defensa propia, pero enfrenta cargos” Telemundo 51, April 22, 2021
- Featured, “Robbery Victim Cleared in Fatal Kendall ATM Shooting, But Still Facing Battery Charge” NBC6, April 22, 2021
- Featured, “The Royal Con” ABC 20/20, March 10, 2021
- Featured, “A Ellos Tambien Les Sucede: Cuando Los Hombres Son Victimas De Acoso Sexual,” Despierta America, November 10, 2017
News
- Aug 17, 2023 49 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 Edition
- Aug 18, 2022 48 Attorneys At Greenspoon Marder Listed In The Best Lawyers In America© 2023
- May 5, 2022 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Appointed As Vice Chair Of The Florida Bar’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “K”
- May 2, 2022 Greenspoon Marder Launches Latin America Practice Group
- May 2, 2022 Greenspoon Marder lanza su área de práctica de América Latina
- Nov 22, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Selected to Latino Leaders Magazine’s “2021 Top Latino Lawyers”
- Aug 26, 2021 Greenspoon Marder’s Criminal Defense Practice Recognized Among The Best Criminal Defense Lawyers In Miami By Expertise For 2021
- Jul 30, 2021 Greenspoon Marder’s Denver Office Welcomes Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak
- May 11, 2020 Preventing and Mitigating Potential Criminal Penalties Related To PPP Loan Applications
- Apr 28, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Appointed To Florida Bar Grievance Committee
- Apr 28, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Appointed To The Dade County Bar Association’s Board Of Director
- Apr 15, 2020 Protect Your Company From Increasing Threat of Fraud Related to COVID-19
- Apr 10, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Appointed To The Board Of Directors Of The Miami-Dade Florida Association For Women Lawyers
- Mar 12, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Supports The Miami-Dade Florida Association For Women Lawyers’ Women Making History Award & Scholarship Reception
- Mar 6, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak And Of Counsel Elizabeth Hughes Featured Speakers At The Dade County Bar Association’s Annual Bench And Bar
- Feb 26, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Recognized Among The Best Criminal Defense Lawyers In Miami By Expertise
- Dec 3, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Launches Diversity Council
- Nov 6, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Hosts The Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers’ “Welcome To The Federal Bench” Reception
- Jun 17, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Appointed To The Board Of The Miami-Dade Florida Association For Women Lawyers Foundation
- May 30, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Appointed As A Committee Chair For FAWL, Miami-Dade Chapter
- Feb 28, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Deborah Baker, William Riley and Adriana Collado-Hudak To Be Featured Speakers at the Dade County Bar Association’s Bench & Bar Conference
- Nov 8, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Selected as 2018 Legal Leaders
- Aug 13, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Supports the Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers Judicial Candidate Forum
- Aug 13, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Supports the Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers Judicial Candidate Forum
- Jun 7, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Supports Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers’ 38th Annual Installation and Awards Dinner
- May 24, 2018 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collada-Hudak Appointed as Co-Chair of the Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers Federal & State Court Liaison Committee
- Nov 14, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Receive 2018 AV Preeminent Rating By Martindale-Hubbell
- Nov 10, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Featured Speaker On Live Webcast, “White Collar Crime Law and the Criminal Justice Reform”
- Nov 3, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Receive 2017 AV Preeminent Rating By Martindale-Hubbell
- Jul 26, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Attorney Adriana Collado-Hudak To Present Criminal Defense Award At The Dade County Bar’s Legal Luminaries Gala
- Jan 24, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak to Host Panel on “Trends in Criminal Law”
- Jan 13, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Senior Counsel Adriana Collado-Hudak Re-Elected to the Board of Everglades Bicycle Club
- Nov 26, 2016 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Selected as 2016 Legal Leaders
- Sep 13, 2016 Greenspoon Marder Files Federal Lawsuit Against Miami-Dade Corrections Department on Behalf of Woman Mistaken as Man and Jailed with Male Inmates
- Dec 21, 2015 Greenspoon Marder Law Attorney Adriana Collado-Hudak Authors Second Edition of Noted Florida Criminal Law Reference
- Aug 3, 2015 Greenspoon Marder Law’s Miami Office Welcomes Attorneys David Kubiliun and Adriana Collado-Hudak
Videos
- Immigration Coffee Talk: When Immigration, Criminal and Cannabis Law Collide
- White Collar Wednesday: Bank Fraud
- White Collar Wednesday: Currency Seizures
- White Collar Wednesdays – What is White Collar Crime?
- White Collar Wednesdays with Adriana Collado-Hudak: Paycheck Protection Program Fraud
- White Collar Wednesdays with Adriana Collado-Hudak: Vaccine Fraud
- White Collar Wednesdays: Corporate Responses to Grand Jury Subpoena’s (Part 2)
- White Collar Wednesdays: Dobbs v Jackson – Possible Criminal Implications and a Whole Lot of Unknown
- White Collar Wednesdays: Individual Responses to Grand Jury Subpoena’s (Part 1)
- White Collar Wednesdays: PPE Fraud
- White Collar Wednesdays: Tax Crimes and the IRS
- White Collar Wednesdays: What to do When Government Agents Contact You