[1] Gottlieb started his legal career as a law clerk with the office of Whitelock, Soloff, Rodriguez, and Williams, P.A., in February 1993.

[5] While acting in his capacity as a criminal defense attorney, he became aware of inmates using vindictive masturbation to harass female prison guards.

[6] Gottlieb took action and passed HB 599, which prohibited lewd or lascivious acts in county jails and turned it from a misdemeanor into a felony offense.

Gottlieb passed HB 643, which provided a public records exemption for certain ongoing reinvestigations by the state attorney's office.

Gottlieb co-sponsored HB 195, which permitted juveniles who successfully completed a diversion program for a qualifying offense and had their subsequent record expunged to "lawfully deny or fail to acknowledge" that they completed said program or had their record expunged, unless the inquiry was made by a criminal justice agency for a specified purpose.

[14] Under section 836.12 of the Florida statute, threatening a law enforcement officer, elected official, state attorney, firefighter, judge, or any family member of any such person is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The new offense prohibits persons from harassing such previously mentioned state employees with the intent to prevent them from performing a lawful duty, whether by intimidation or coercion.

[16] Yet in the aftermath of the pandemic, courts were uncertain if the online video calls would continue in addition to the in-person meetings.

Gottlieb enacted HB 45, which created, implemented, and provided "Hope Cards" to people who had received a final injunction regarding domestic abuse or similar violent crimes.