John Lentine

Sheffield & Lentine PC

Mr. Lentine received his B.A. with honors from the University of West Florida and his J.D. from Cumberland Law School. He is a Past President of the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Greater Birmingham Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the Legal Aid Society of Birmingham. He is a Life Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and he has been Board Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and has served as the Board’s State Coordinator in Alabama. He has been appointed by the Alabama Supreme Court to serve on the Alabama Criminal Rules Committee and the Alabama Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. Mr. Lentine is an adjunct faculty member at Cumberland School of Law where he teaches Trial Advocacy, and the Birmingham School of Law where he teaches criminal law and the Death Penalty. He also teaches at the National Criminal Defense College at Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia and the Bill Daniel Trial College in Athens, Georgia. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in Birmingham, Super Lawyers of Alabama and the Best Lawyers in America in the area of criminal defense. and was the 2010 recipient of the Judge Walter P. Gewin Award from CLE Alabama for his contributions to the development and presentation of CLE programs.