Linda Friedman Ramirez
Member
Practice Areas: Extradition(25%); Federal Criminal Law(40%); International Criminal Law(20%); White Collar Crime(10%); Criminal Defense(5%).
Admitted: 1997, Florida; 1981, Oregon (inactive); U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Willamette University College of Law, J.D., 1981
College: George Washington University, B.A., International Affairs, 1975
Member: Criminal Justice Act Panel, Middle District, Florida; Florida Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member) ;National Lawyers Guild; National Police Accountability Project; Florida Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Biography: Editor, "Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, 2d. Ed. 2007". Author, "How to Obtain Evidence Abroad," The Champion, June and July 2007. Recipient: Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association President's Award, June 21, 2002. Co-Author: with Capriotti, Kay and Unger, "The New Immigration Laws," Criminal Justice Magazine of the ABA Criminal Justice Section, Summer 1998; with Kay and Weber, "Language as a Barrier to Justice," Criminal Justice Magazine of the ABA Criminal Justice Section, Summer 1994. Author: "Using Interpreters" (Chapter) "Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense," Juris Publishing Inc., 1999; "Representing the Non-English Speaking Client," The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1994.
Languages: Spanish.
Reported Cases: USA v Cerda-Pena (799 F2d 1374, 9th cir. 1986); USA v Cepeda-Luna (989 F2d 353, 9th cir. 1993); USA v Diaz-Rosas (13 F3d 1305, 9th cir. 1994); USA v Contreras (63 F3d 852, 9th cir 1995); State v Guzman (164 Ore App 90, 1999); USA v Grinard-Henry, (399 F3d 1294, 11th cir 2005); Bigler v US, 451 F3d 728 (11th Cir. 2006).
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ISLN: 901724951
