Alex Ferrer earned a JD from the University of Miami, where he became a published member of its law review.
18 Facts About Alex Ferrer
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Alex Ferrer served as judicial director of the university's alumni association.
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At 19, Alex Ferrer served as a young police officer in Florida.
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Alex Ferrer practiced law in Miami, focusing on civil litigation, including suits involving medical malpractice, wrongful deaths, personal injuries and commercial business litigation.
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Alex Ferrer served as an appellate judge over appeals from the Miami-Dade County Court, county commission and other agencies.
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Alex Ferrer is a member of the Florida Bar and the District of Columbia Bar Association.
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Alex Ferrer has been an adjunct professor at Florida International University and taught media relations to other judges at The New Judges College and The College of Advanced Judicial Studies, as well as at various national conferences.
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Judge Alex Ferrer presided over the trials of Sun Gym gang members Daniel Lugo and Adrian Doorbal.
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On July 17,1998, Alex Ferrer sentenced both to death for each of the murders of Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton, as well as two prison terms for other crimes.
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Alex Ferrer stepped in to provide testimony as a sitting judge, which is extremely rare and set precedent in its own right.
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Alex Ferrer credited Schiller's courage and the conditions he faced in helping prosecute Lugo and Doorbal.
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In 2005, Alex Ferrer was presented with a demand for arbitration by attorney Arnold Preston, who worked for Alex Ferrer under a "personal management" contract.
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Alex Ferrer countered, claiming Preston had acted as a talent agent without a license and therefore under California law the contract was void and unenforceable.
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Judge Alex Ferrer appeared on the January 27,2007 episode of 1 vs 100.
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Alex Ferrer was a guest on Verdict with Dan Abrams on July 15,2008.
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Judge Alex Ferrer appeared on an episode of America's Most Wanted.
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Alex Ferrer appeared on Orlando, Florida's WOFL Fox 35 and the Fox News Channel as a legal expert during coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial in 2011 and George Zimmerman murder trial in 2013.
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In 2018, Alex Ferrer began hosting an American true-crime television series called Whistleblower on the CBS television network.