About Larry McMillan

Larry Thomas McMillan is a native Floridian who was born and raised in South Miami-Dade County. Mr. McMillan is married and has four children. He is one of the founding partners of Donet, McMillan & Trontz, P.A. His primary area of practice involves the defense of individuals and corporations under criminal investigation or pending charges. As a criminal lawyer, Mr. McMillan has extensive criminal trial experience in both state and federal court representing clients charged with drug trafficking, drug possession, RICO, insurance fraud, sexual battery, and other violent crimes, such as murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery.

Mr. McMillan received his B.A. in Political Science with a Minor in Criminal Justice from Florida International University in 1989. He received his J.D. from Nova Southeastern University in 1994, graduating at the top of his class.

His legal career began as a criminal prosecutor in the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office. He served as an Assistant State Attorney from 1994 through 2000. As the chief prosecutor in the Misdemeanor Crimes Division, he co-authored the training manual for prosecutors, supervised and trained over 30 attorneys, and prosecuted high-profile media cases. Upon promotion to the felony division, Mr. McMillan investigated, prepared, and tried countless jury trials. His trial experience includes assault, battery, burglary, carjacking, drug possession and trafficking, domestic violence, DUI and DUI manslaughter, habitual traffic offender (HTO), child abuse, insurance fraud, environmental law violations, kidnapping, murder, perjury, robbery, sexual battery, and theft. He prosecuted major criminal cases, including numerous career criminals (habitual felony offenders, habitual violent felony offenders, Violent Career Criminals, and Prison Release Re-offenders), drug traffickers, and gang members. Due to his superior experience and skill as a criminal trial attorney, Mr. McMillan was selected to prosecute highly sensitive media cases involving tourist robberies. After more than six years and 100 jury trials, Mr. McMillan resigned from the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office to embark upon a criminal and civil defense practice with Thornton, Davis & Fein, P.A.