Attorney Ralph Behr specializes in criminal law and is board certified by the Florida Bar in Criminal Trials.
As a criminal defense lawyer he practices in courts throughout Florida and in Federal Courts throughout the United States.
He maintains offices in Florida, in Fort Lauderdale, and appears in courts in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Miami state and federal courts in Broward County, Miami Dade County, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Vero Beach, Fort Meyers, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Jacksonville Florida, US District Court of New York, The State of Oregon and the US District Court Western District of Pennsylvania as listed under.
His practice concentrates in major felonies, drug crimes, drug trafficking, homicide, murder, and tax fraud. Mr. Behr also practices in federal court on federal matters, extradition, money laundering, white collar crimes, violations of probation, violations of community control, tax law criminal charges, federal parole hearings, bond reduction hearings and other federal offenses.
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Attorney Behr practices criminal defense in federal courts and Florida Courts throughout Florida and the United States.
His practice represents individuals from Colombia, Mexico, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, and Carribbean Island nations.
Private citizens charged with serious felonies in State or Federal Court have been represented by attorney Behr. Mr. Behr has defended white collar charges, money laundering, wire fraud, drug trafficking, narcotics possession, cocaine delivery, cocaine trafficking, fraud, theft, grand theft, internet crimes, identity theft, credit card theft, forgery, counterfeit and currency violations. Attorney Behr represents both individuals and corporations charged with crimes. He appears in Florida courts in Miami, Broward County, Palm Beach County, Indian River County, Hillsboro County, Monroe County, Gainesville, Tampa, St. Petersburg and Orlando. He appears daily in Fort Lauderdale criminal courts, Miami felony and misdemeanor courts, Palm Beach felony courts, Palm Beach misdemeanor courts and federal courts in Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Florida, US District Court of New York, The State of Oregon and the U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania.
Between 1988 and 2005, criminal defense Attorney Behr has represented and defended people charged with the following crimes: registration violations, sexual predator and sexual battery charges, sex crimes, assault, battery, battery on law enforcement officers, homicide, prostitution, lewd assault, lewd and indecent exposure, arson, criminal mischief, burglary, trespass, fraudulent practices, tax fraud, tax evasion, child abuse, animal cruelty, parole and probation violations, community control violations, extradition, international extradition, federal in-custody violations, bail, bond, bond reduction, gambling, felony DUI and felony DUBAL, obstruction of justice, felony murder, false imprisonment, detention violations, child abuse, armed battery, firearm violations.
Attorney Behr has been the annual sponsor of the Sentencing Code and Punishment Code Seminars held in the Broward County Courthouse in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. Mr. Behr produced and published Behr's Index to Florida Standard Jury Instructions, in booklet form from 1997 through 2002.
Attorney Behr is a former Legal Writing and Research Teaching Assistant at Hofstra University School of Law, and was a contributing researcher to the late Professor Seymour Kleinman at Columbia University School of Law in New York during the years 1979 to 1983. Attorney Behr is former legal editor to E.B Williams Publishing, New York, New York, and is a former Legislative Aide in the New York State Assembly 1971 to 1973.
His trials include effective criminal defense of the following criminal charges:
State and Federal Defenses of:
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member of the Board of Directors
Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Legislative Liaison Committee, Chairman of the Pleading and Practice Committee
Federal Practice Committee
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
Florida Bar Association
Criminal Law Section, Appellate Law Section, International Law Section, Tax Law Section, Securities Law Section
American Bar Association
New York State Assembly
Former Legislative Aide, Former Staff Member Penal Committee
Hofstra University of Law, N.Y.
Former Instructor in Legal Research
Columbia University School of Law, NY, NY
Former Teaching Assistant
City of Deerfield Beach
Former Commissioner of Housing
E.B. Williams Publishing Co., NY, NY
Florida -Former Legal Editor
Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Florida Bar
"Death Qualified" by the Florida Supreme Court for Capital Murder/Death Penalty cases