Following two decades of serving as a dedicated public servant, former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg has announced that he will be the managing partner of a boutique law firm that specializes in civil and criminal litigation and land use planning.
The eponymous firm, entitled Dave Aronberg Law PA, will be headquartered in downtown West Palm Beach and will also provide regulatory compliance services for addiction treatment providers to ensure patient safety. The firm will begin accepting clients on Jan. 7.
Aronberg stepped down this week as the state attorney for the 15th Judicial Circuit after 12 years. Palm Beach County’s new state attorney is Alexcia Cox, who was elected in November with Aronberg’s support.
“As I embark on a new chapter, I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to have served for two decades as an elected official and 25 years in government,” Aronberg said. “My life’s work has been to help others and to find sensible solutions to complex challenges. That is why I am excited to continue my career focus of saving lives from the opioid epidemic and ensuring the highest quality addiction treatment in our community with the launch of my new law firm.”
Aronberg announced in 2023 that he would not seek a fourth term as state attorney, where he led a team of 115 prosecutors and 180 professional staff members in five offices throughout Palm Beach County. His signature initiative was establishing a first-of-its-kind Sober Homes Task Force that made 121 arrests and enacted meaningful statewide reforms that have cleaned up the drug treatment and sober home industry in Palm Beach County, becoming a national model.
Aronberg is also a former assistant attorney general and White House fellow in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He was elected to the Florida State Senate in 2002 as its youngest member and served until 2010. Aronberg then returned to the Florida Attorney General’s Office as a special prosecutor for prescription drug trafficking. In his role as Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “drug czar,” Aronberg led an anti-pill mill initiative that helped clean up the pain clinic industry and reduced the record number of people dying each day from oxycodone abuse.
In recent years, Aronberg has been a legal commentator on cable television and various streaming channels, offering thoughtful analysis on many legal issues and topics of the day.
“I care very deeply about our community and will remain active even as I step away from elective office,” Aronberg said. “I plan to continue speaking out on TV and streaming channels.”
Aronberg will start the new year in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as an instructor for the first week of Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop, an intensive course in trial skills and techniques that he took as a student nearly 30 years ago.
To learn more about Aronberg’s new firm, call (561) 765-5555 or visit www.davearonberglaw.com.
