CFACDL 2026-2027 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel Cull is a criminal defense attorney with the Office of the Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit. He graduated from the Ohio State University at the undergraduate level and received his Juris Doctorate from Washington State University in St. Louis in 2018. Mr. Cull practices full time with a felony docket and has over thirty criminal trials. While in law school, Mr. Cull participated in multiple criminal law clinic and interned with the Ohio Justice and Policy Center. Mr. Cull also received the CALI awards for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication and Legal Research Methodologies; the Dean’s Public Service Award; and the Dean’s Fellowship Award. Mr. Cull was published in the Washington University’s Global Studies Law Review on a criminal subject. At the undergraduate level, Mr. Cull received a Phi Beta Kappa designation and graduated magna cum laude. Prior to law school, Mr. Cull worked as a pricing analyst.
Katie Horton (née Treski) was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. After earning her JD from Tulane University in New Orleans, Katie returned home to work for the Office of the Public Defender (9th Judicial Circuit) from 2012 to 2017. Katie earned her LLM in Securities and Financial Regulation (2018) from Georgetown Law in Washington, DC. From 2018 to 2023, Katie worked as an Associate in the Litigation group at Squire Patton Boggs. As a mid-level associate, Katie was responsible for managing numerous teams, including e-discovery on a multi-billion dollar civil litigation, Pro Bono projects, and co-authoring an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in support of a Florida inmate facing the death penalty. Katie also represented clients in “White Collar” matters, such as compliance with anti-money laundering regulation and Federal Mail and Wire Fraud. In 2023, she returned home again to Central Florida to focus on representing individuals accused of State and Federal criminal charges. Throughout her legal career, Katie has embraced active roles in providing training and mentoring to other attorneys, e.g. training on Baker Acts and VOPs at PD9, and Mentor for the Summer Associate program at SPB. Katie now has her own criminal defense practice, Katie Horton Law, PLLC. She is both the “Director of Fun” and the Secretary on the board of the Democrats of Celebration. When she isn’t working, you will find her cooking, listening to hip-hop, and cuddling her three lovable big dumb dogs.
Andrew Reath is an Assistant Public Defender in Ninth Judicial Circuit, where he has honed his trial skills over nearly six years of dedicated service. With more than 25 cases tried to verdict, Andrew recently sat for the board certification exam in criminal trial law, underscoring his commitment to legal excellence. His legal experience spans both public defense and private criminal defense.
In 2023, Andrew was honored with the James T. Miller Scholarship by the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. This prestigious award recognizes attorneys with five years or fewer of practice who demonstrate exceptional character, competency, dedication, and humility in their work.
Beyond his legal practice, Andrew is deeply committed to advancing the profession through leadership roles in various voluntary bar associations. He has served as Vice President of the Central Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Secretary of the Orange County Bar Association Foundation, and President of the Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association.
Outside the courtroom, Andrew enjoys spending time at home with his cat, Gavel.
Brad Bowlin is a senior trial attorney at the Office of the Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit. He is originally from Orange County, CA where he attended the University of California, Irvine and graduated cum laude with a degree in Criminology, Law, and Society (that’s a fancy way of saying “crim major”). Having been through the juvenile justice system as a teen and with some small run-ins with law enforcement as a young adult—he knew that he wanted to pursue a law degree so that he could stand up for the voiceless and downtrodden. With this mindset, and a strong desire to experience that SEC football life, he enrolled at the University of Georgia School of Law. During his time at UGA, he focused on the study of criminal defense and interned/worked at some of the most respected public defender offices in the country, including the Federal Defender Program, Inc (Atlanta), the Federal Public Defender (San Francisco), and the Public Defender Service (Washington, D.C.).
Upon graduating in 2016, he began working at the Ninth Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office. Known for his aggressive yet playful nature, Brad has been very successful not only with his trial practice and evidentiary challenges, but also with sentencing and negotiations. Since starting at PD9, he has climbed the ranks and in 2023 he was promoted to handle the most serious non-capital offenses (formerly known as the “A” spot). Finally, in 2024 Brad was recognized by the Florida Bar as a Board Certified Criminal Trial Attorney.
Brad hopes that he will be able to use the knowledge and experience he has gained over the years to make a positive impact on the growth and success of this organization!
Andrew Clark is an assistant public defender, working in Seminole and Orange Counties for the past 13 years. At the Orange County office, he is responsible for a serious felony docket and trains new attorneys in jury selection. Mr. Clark has earned his reputation as an excellent trial attorney in his over 100 felony jury trials. He is board certified in Criminal Trial law by the Florida Bar since 2012. A member of the CFACDL Board of Directors for the past several years, Mr. Clark has a passion for the organization and its mission in the Central Florida legal community.
