ROSE MARIE ANTONACCI-POLLOCK became an associate with Michaud, Buschmann, Mittelmark, Millian, Blitz, Warren & Coel, P.A. in 2000. She brought with her extensive trial experience and expert witness skills and concentrates her practice in medical malpractice defense and the representation of physicians with licensing and administrative complaints. Ms. Antonacci-Pollock has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1985.

Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Antonacci-Pollock was appointed as Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County by Janet Reno and served from 1985 until 2000. Under Ms. Reno, she served in many positions, including the Public Corruption and Organized Crime Division, Division Chief, and Chief of the Robbery and Career Criminal Unit. In 1993, she was promoted to the Major Crimes Division by Ms. Reno's successor, Katherine Fernandez Rundle. In the Major Crimes Unit, Ms. Antonacci-Pollock exclusively handled high profile complex capital murder cases. She also worked closely with investigators and supervised the highly publicized police investigations into the Gianni Versace murder, as well as the investigation and prosecution of the Tamiami Strangler, a serial killer who killed six women. She was appointed a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida.

Over the course of her career as a prosecutor, Ms. Antonacci-Pollock tried over one hundred felony jury trials and developed an expertise in the fields of DNA litigation and examination of expert witnesses. She has lectured all over the State of Florida and the United States on those topics for the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association and the National College of District Attorneys, and other organizations, and has been a frequent lecturer in many police departments on investigations, courtroom testimony and handling cross-examination. She has been on the Faculty at the University of Florida School of Law Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Advocacy Course. As an Assistant State Attorney, she represented the State Attorney frequently at many civic and community functions.

Ms. Antonacci-Pollock was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island. In 1976, she moved with her family to Boca Raton, Florida. Ms. Antonacci-Pollock attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and then the University of Miami, where she received a Bachelor's Degree, Magna Cum Laude. She attended the University of Miami School of Law, and received her Juris Doctor degree in May 1985. While in law school, she was active in the Mock Trial Program and was chosen to represent the University in the State Competition. Currently, Ms. Antonacci-Pollock is active in church and school functions, as well as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.