Senior Trial Attorney
André Baptiste
Former assistant state attorney who now uses his courtroom experience on behalf of crash victims and injured riders.
- With the firm since 2012
- English, Haitian Creole, French

About André
André spent five years as an assistant state attorney in Miami-Dade, prosecuting DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide cases. He learned to work with crash reconstructionists, read toxicology reports and present technical evidence to jurors in plain terms.
He joined Hartwell & Pierce in 2012 and handles motorcycle, pedestrian and serious car accident cases. A rider himself, André is known for turning 'I never saw the motorcycle' into the most important admission in the case.
André serves North Miami's Haitian community through free legal clinics (sample) and is a mentor with a local law school's trial advocacy program.
"Jurors understand fairness. My job is to show them exactly what happened in the seconds before the crash."
Practice areas
Work alongside the whole team
Complex cases are staffed by more than one attorney, so you get the strengths of the full firm.
Daniel R. HartwellFounding Partner, Trial Attorney
Marisol Pierce-ÁlvarezManaging Partner English, Spanish
Rebecca Lindqvist, RNPartner, Medical Negligence
Luis M. OrtegaAttorney, Workers' Compensation and Premises English, Spanish