PERSON: Bernie de la Rionda

State of Florida

State Attorney

Bernardo Enrique "Bernie" de la Rionda (born circa 1957) is an assistant state attorney in the fourth judicial circuit in the State of Florida and is the lead prosecutor in State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman. In 2010, he was honored with the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award for being an "exceptional prosecutor." Born in Cuba, de la Rionda moved to Miami, Fla., in the U.S. to live with relatives at age four and never saw his parents again. He is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Law.

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