Linda Friedman Ramirez, P.A.
Federal Criminal & International Extradition Defense
Linda Friedman Ramirez, P.A., represents foreign nationals in criminal matters, including extradition and transnational crime. She has been an attorney since 1981 and is admitted to practice in the Third, Fourth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits as well as the US Supreme Court. She is a Life Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of the European Criminal Bar Association. She regularly works with attorneys outside the United States.
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About Ms. Ramirez
Since 1981, Ms. Ramirez has emphasized the representation of foreign nationals at the trial court and appellate level. She has represented clients in a wide range of federal and state criminal charges, including drug trafficking charges, sex offenses, immigration-related crimes, bank fraud, theft, embezzlement and other white collar crimes.
She has represented clients in a wide range of federal and state criminal charges, including drug trafficking charges, sex offenses, immigration-related crimes, bank fraud, theft, embezzlement and other white collar crimes. Her primary emphasis has been defending controlled substance offenses.
She is a Life Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of the European Criminal Bar Association. She has been a Consulting Attorney to the Mexican Consulate in Orlando Florida.
Published Work: Criminal Defense, Extradition & International Law
She is the editor of the treatise, Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, 3d. Ed., a comprehensive title that discusses topics including extradition, consular assistance, barriers to communication, the need for qualified interpreters, unique Fourth and Fifth Amendment issues, cultural defenses, the immigration consequences of a conviction, and distinctive sentencing issues.
"Evolving Extradition, Extradition Defense in the 21st Century", Champion, September-October 2009
Champion Obtaining Evidence Abroad
The Virtues of the Cultural Defense, Judicature Magazine, April 2009, p. 206
Judicature, the Journal of AJS April-May 2009, Volume 92, Number 5
"How to Obtain Evidence Abroad," The Champion, June and July 2007
"Using Interpreters" (Chapter) Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense, Juris Publishing Inc., 1999
Ramirez, Capriotti, Kay, and Unger, "The New Immigration Laws," Criminal Justice Magazine of the ABA Criminal Justice Section, Summer 1998
Ramirez, Kay, and Weber, "Language as a Barrier to Justice," Criminal Justice Magazine of the ABA Criminal Justice Section, Summer 1994
"Representing the Non-English Speaking Client," The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1994.
Call (727) 551-0751 to speak with attorney Linda Ramirez.
Education: Ms. Ramirez has her JD from Willamette University College of Law 1981. Before law school, she earned her B.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University, 1975, and traveled throughout Central and Latin America during those years. She was employed by the Pan American Development Foundation, which is affiliated with the Organization of American States. She is fluent in Spanish.
Pan American Union circa 1974.
