Michelle Behan - Tucson, AZ

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Arizona, 2013
    J.D.
    Honors: Veteran’s Advocacy Clinic, Participant
    Honors: Darrow K. Soll Award

• Non Legal Education

  • Park University, Parkville, MO, 2000
    B.S.
    Honors: summa cum laude
  • City University, Renton, WA, 2002
    M.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• United States Navy, Cryptologist
• Federal Bureau of Investigation, South Dakota and Arizona, Special Agent
• Tucson City Public Defender’s Office, Assistant Public Defender
• Nesci & St. Louis, Associate Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• National College for DUI Defense, Member of the Faculty
  
• Co-Instructor, Appellate Writing and Cross-examination, Summer Session, Harvard Law School
  
• Arizona Public Defender Annual Conference, Pre-Trial Motions Practice, Cross-Examination, and Impeachment Techniques
  
• State Bar of Arizona DUI update, Pre-Trial Motions Practice, Cross-Examination, and Impeachment Techniques
  
• Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice Annual DUI conference, Tucson, Pre-Trial Motions Practice, Cross-Examination, and Impeachment Techniques
  
• Cook County Public Defender’s Office, Oak Brook, Illinois, Cross-Examination and Impeachment Techniques
  
• Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys in Naperville, Illinois, Cross-Examination and Impeachment Techniques

Representative Cases

• State v. Chopra, 241 Ariz. 353, 387 P.3d 1282 (App. Div. 2, 2016)
• State v. Valenzuela, 239 Ariz. 299, 371 P.3d 627 (2016) (Amicus Curiae for NCDD)

Bar Admissions

• Arizona Supreme Court, 2013
• U.S. District Court, 2015
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2016

Other Affiliations

• National College for DUI Defense (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• National College for DUI Defense, Amicus Curiae Committee