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Robert J. Becerra

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Practice Areas

  • International Trade Litigation

Professional Associations

  • Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, Presenter
  • Dade County Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Criminal Justice and International Law Sections, Member
  • Florida Bar International Law Section, Past-Chair
  • Florida Bar’s International Law Certification Committee, Member
  • Florida Bar Council of Sections, Chair

Certified Legal Specialties

  • International Law, Florida Bar, 2014

Honors

  • “AV Preeminent” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
  • Super Lawyer
  • Top Lawyer, South Florida Legal Guide
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense-White Collar
  • “10.0” in the lawyer rating website, www.avvo.com
  • Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite

Classes & Seminars

  • Zoom webinar on the legal issues presented when importing Gray Market products, Florida Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association, 2020.
  • Presented seminar on trade based money laundering in international trade, Florida Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association, 2020.
  • Moderator, Compliance in Mergers and Acquisitions, iLaw2020: The ILS Global Forum on International Law, Law, 2020
  • Moderator, PPE Transactions in a Pandemic: Achieving Compliance and Identifying Fraud”, Zoom Webinar, Florida Bar International Law Section, 2021

Past Positions

  • Devine Goodman Rasco Watts-FitzGerald & Wells, P.A., Of Counsel, 06/2012 to 04/2014
  • Fuerst Ittleman, Attorney, 09/2009 to 06/2012
  • Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., Member, 10/2004 to 09/2009
  • Raskin & Raskin, PA, Partner

Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
    • 1990
  • University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
    • B.B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1991
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1991
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1991
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2023
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2023
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2019
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2023
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2024

Published Works

  • Author, “Gold at the End of the Rainbow: Money Laundering Through the Precious Metals Markets”, International Law Quarterly, Florida Bar International Law Section, 2022
  • Author, "When the Gray Market Turns Black", International Law Quarterly, Florida Bar International Law Section, 2020
  • Co-author, "Criminal Liability for Corporate Officers-The Resurrection of the Park Doctrine in Food and Drug Cases", Practical Trade & Customs Strategies, Thomson Reuters, April 15, 2013
  • “Trade Based Money Laundering – South Florida is in the Bulls Eye”, The Daily Business Review, July 25, 2018
  • The Black Market Peso Exchange and the Small Exporter”, International Law Quarterly, Florida Bar International Law Section, Winter, 2015
  • A Review of the Adequate Forum Factor in Forum Non Conveniens Analysis in Florida’s State and Federal Courts”, The International Law Quarterly, Florida Bar International Law Section, Summer, 2014

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish