Current Coverage: The Jared Bridegan Case

Attorneys Jesse Dreicer and James Hill currently serve as part of the defense team representing Mario Fernandez Saldana in the Jared Bridegan case, a Jacksonville murder-for-hire prosecution that has drawn sustained local and national media attention, including coverage from Court TV and Law & Crime.

• Court TV — Suspects in Jared Bridegan’s murder fight to get prosecution off case (April 2024)
• Court TV — Suspect in Jared Bridegan’s murder wants prosecutors disqualified (2024)
• Law & Crime — Mario Enrique Fernandez Saldana seeks prosecutors’ removal (2024)
• News4Jax — Defense for Jared Bridegan murder suspect wants prosecutors removed over texts, emails (November 2023)
• News4Jax — Judge rules on motion to disqualify State Attorney’s Office (May 2024)

• News4Jax — State drops two of four charges against Mario Fernandez as trial looms (July 2026)
• First Coast News — Jury selection begins in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case (August 2026)

Watch Coverage

A few reputable video sources covering this case.

• First Coast News — Hearing to Disqualify the State Attorney’s Office (April 2024)
• Court TV — Video Shows Mario Fernandez-Saldana’s Arrest (2023)
• Court TV — Trial Dates Set in Microsoft Exec Murder Case

Additional Firm Coverage

• Making a Money Launderer (The Florida Times-Union)

• Charges dropped against Florida man who made beer run with live alligator (Action News Jax)

• Man charged in beating death attends wedding (News4Jax)

• Bonfire brawl verdict: Hoffman guilty of felony battery (Action News Jax)

• Man accused of beating teen to death charged with second-degree murder (News4Jax)

• Suspect in bonfire beating charged with murder (The St. Augustine Record)

• Teen’s alleged killer accused of violating conditions of pretrial release (News4Jax)

• Defense witnesses: It was too dark to see (News4Jax)

• Man gets 5 years in bonfire beating death (News4Jax)

• Families react to verdict in bonfire beating death (News4Jax)

• Salt Life co-founder charged with killing of 18-year-old claims search of hotel room was illegal (First Coast News)
• Husband of Microsoft Exec’s Ex Charged With His Brazen Murder (The Daily Beast)
• Husband of Slain Microsoft Exec’s Ex May Face Death Penalty in Brazen Murder (The Daily Beast)
• Man accused in the ‘pre-planned’ killing of Jared Bridegan waives right to speedy trial (First Coast News)