After completing his bachelor’s and juris doctorate in a short five years, P.J. Downyok began his career working for the State Attorney’s Office in the Twentieth Circuit, where he prosecuted thousands of cases from minor crimes to homicides. He discovered his passion for family law working exclusively with survivors of domestic and sexual violence at a non-profit, advising clients of their legal rights and remedies as well as representing them under a federal grant, helping them navigate sensitive and dangerous situations. After around two decades of practicing law, P.J. has tried over a hundred cases, nearly fifty as first chair in front of a jury, litigated in federal court, and has also worked as a trial and jury consultant.

He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Washington Bar, and the Federal Court for the Middle District of Florida.

P.J. hails from the Chicagoland area, and is a graduate of Stetson University College of Law, where he was a recipient of a merit scholarship, and is a fervent University of Michigan fan, where he also received a merit scholarship. After his office hours striving to provide efficient, competent, effective representation with a personal touch to each of his clients, he is a traveler and an avid outdoorsman, and spends time co-parenting his son while seeing new places, camping, rowing, paddling, and fishing.