Matthew Konecky on Criminal Defense, DUI Law, and Fighting for Clients on Their Worst Day

What happens when a wrestler from Illinois ends up surfing before court in Palm Beach County, defending people on the worst days of their lives with over 200 five-star Google reviews and a life felony reduced to a sealed misdemeanor? In this episode of the Trustcast Show, Zane Myers speaks with Matthew Konecky, founder of Konecky Law in Palm Beach County, Florida, about his 20-plus-year criminal defense and personal injury career, the attempted murder case he took from a life felony down to a sealed misdemeanor, and why he refuses to use fear to get clients to hire him. Matthew explains what people get wrong in the first 24 hours after a DUI arrest, why Florida's new license plate cover law led to a wave of wrongful arrests, and how his wrestling background shaped the way he fights in a courtroom. They also discuss his free legal guides for clients, the book he wrote for families of the arrested, why he still practices both criminal defense and personal injury after two decades, how he's using technology to serve clients across multiple counties without overextending, and what he learned from Ben Glass about building client trust before they ever call. Matthew Konecky is the founder of Konecky Law, a criminal defense and personal injury firm based in Palm Beach County, Florida, with offices in Palm Beach and Broward counties. He is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a former competitive wrestler at Indiana University. Connect with Matthew Konecky: 561law.com 561dui.com Phone: 561-671-5995 (24-hour answering service) Palm Beach County, Florida Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Matthew Konecky 00:59 The attempted first degree murder case reduced to a sealed misdemeanor 04:15 How Stand Your Ground worked and then didn't 05:20 What turned the case around after losing the motion 06:33 How sealing and expungement actually work 08:04 From Moline, Illinois to wrestling at Indiana University to South Florida 10:00 The first day at a Miami criminal defense firm that hooked him 11:07 Going solo at 27 with just a cell phone and a computer 12:45 Why he never uses worst case scenarios to sell a client 14:54 The free legal guides and where the idea came from 16:36 Two offices across Palm Beach and Broward County and controlled growth 18:58 Why he won't take cases beyond St. Lucie to Dade County 19:16 Searching for an associate attorney to join the firm 19:23 Rapid fire questions 23:15 Featured in the Sun Sentinel investigative series on Florida criminal law 24:58 The 30,000 DUI arrests a year and what people get wrong in the first 24 hours 26:35 Why criminal defense and personal injury work together at his firm 29:38 How wrestling shapes the courtroom mindset 31:12 The book he wrote for families of people who've been arrested 33:08 The one thing to do right after an arrest or accident 34:11 What the next five years look like for the firm 36:43 How to reach Matthew Konecky #MatthewKonecky #KoneckyLaw #CriminalDefense #DUILawyer #PalmBeachLawyer #StandYourGround #PersonalInjury #FloridaLaw #TrustcastShow #TrialLawyer