David Patrick Rowe May 8, - January 12, was a Jamaican -American lawyer, professor, media commentator, corruption watchdog, Commonwealth Caribbean country risk analyst and pioneer in the area of transnational law.
He has spent most of his career as a litigator in Florida , along with serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law since He is one of the world's leading voices on the law of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the political economy of the wider Caribbean region, and his scholarly work and quotations have appeared in periodicals around the world.
He received his L. He was also a Rhodes Scholarship finalist for Jamaica in and Rowe is a member of the Florida Bar and the Jamaica Bar. At Greenberg, he worked with former U. In , he opened the law firm of David Rowe, P.
Rowe has had success in federal and state court. He obtained acquittals in notable federal cases such as United States v. Joel Powell and United States v. Hargitay , along with state cases such as State of Florida v. Lucille Sapp and State of Florida v.
Sean Perry. He testified as an Expert in United States federal practice in the case of Dabdoub v. Vaz, the historic dual-citizenship case in the Jamaica Supreme Court. Rowe used the Specialty Rule to dismiss 14 of the 15 charges. The visa was restored and Beenie Man issued a press release thanking Rowe on July 27, Rowe has been relied upon in U. Federal Court as an Expert Witness on Jamaican political and legal issues by attorneys representing clients facing Removal.
