Robert J. Becerra - Coral Gables, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1990

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
    B.B.A.

Past Positions

• Devine Goodman Rasco Watts-FitzGerald & Wells, P.A., Of Counsel, June, 2012 - April, 2014
• Fuerst Ittleman, Attorney, September, 2009 - June, 2012
• Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., Member, October, 2004 - September, 2009
• Raskin & Raskin, PA, Partner, 1997 - 2004

Languages

• English

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Presenter on panel entitled "Geopolitics and Supply Chains 2.0: Legal Strategies in an Era of Realignment." at the iLaw2026, the ILS Global Forum on International Law, 2026.
  
• Panel presenter on use of AI in the practice of law, FIU College of Law, 2024
  
• Moderated panel on “Counterfeits or Gray Market?: Latest trends in trademark and intellectual property protection, enforcement and compliance for imported and exported trademarked goods” at the iLaw 2023, the ILS Global Forum on International Law, 2023
  
• Moderated panel on “International Money Laundering through the Precious Metals Markets” at the iLaw 2022, the ILS Global Forum on International Law, 2022
  
• Moderator, PPE Transactions in a Pandemic: Achieving Compliance and Identifying Fraud”, Zoom Webinar, Florida Bar International Law Section, 2021
  
• 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

Published Works

Articles

• 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
  Article about criminal enforcement in the food and drug industry and strict liability crimes under the Park Doctrine.
• “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
• Author, “The Extraterritorial Reach of Corruption, Money Laundering, and Fraud Crimes: Offenses without Borders?” International Law Quarterly, Florida Bar International Law Section, Fall 2024
• Author, "Anti-Foreign Corruption Enforcement in the Second Trump Administration", International Law Quarterly, Florida Bar International Law Section, Spring 2025
• Author, "Criminal Enforcement of Import Duty Evasion in the United States" International Law Quarterly, Florida Bar International Law Section, Fall 2025

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

Specialties and Certifications

• International Law, Florida Bar, 2014

Other Affiliations

• Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association (Presenter)
• Miami-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 (Chair)
• Florida Bar Council of Section, Past-Chair