Meet Richard Junnier, Esq., LL.M., LL.M.

Attorney Junnier brings a distinctive international and interdisciplinary background to cross-border legal matters involving international family law, human rights, comparative law, and international legal research. His academic training and international experience have exposed him to diverse legal systems, international institutions, and complex transnational issues affecting families, businesses, and individuals across jurisdictions.

Uniquely, Attorney Junnier has examined comparative law, including criminal justice issues, on three continents. He conducted research in the area of Transnational Organized Crime in The Netherlands and, while in Singapore, studied directly under former INTERPOL Secretary General Ron Noble and Paul van Zyl, the former Executive Secretary of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He also had the honor of serving as a research assistant to distinguished international law and human rights scholars Fernando Tesón, whose work focuses on humanitarian intervention, and Simon Chesterman, whose scholarship includes intelligence regulation and international governance.

Through the United States Department of State’s International Child Abduction Attorney Network, Attorney Junnier has also worked with matters involving children abducted to Florida by noncustodial parents and the potential safe return of those children to their home countries. Members of the Network are not employees or representatives of the United States Department of State, but are private attorneys who have volunteered to consider assisting in the reunification of children with their parents on a pro bono or reduced-fee basis in appropriate circumstances.

Attorney Junnier is a member of the International Law Section of The Florida Bar and is serving a ten-year term on the Section’s Florida Foreign Legal Consultant Committee. He has also served on the War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association.

His international legal education includes two post-doctoral LL.M. degrees concentrated in international law: one from New York University School of Law in Global Economy and Human Rights, and another from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law in International and Comparative Law.

Through these experiences, Attorney Junnier continues to develop an international network of legal, investigative, professional, academic, and governmental relationships throughout the world, including in developing nations and emerging economies. He has lived, researched, or traveled through dozens of countries, including conflict zones and politically unstable regions, experiences that help inform his understanding of the practical and cultural realities often involved in international legal matters.

Junnier Law & Research, P.A. seeks to bring this international perspective, academic rigor, and cross-border understanding to clients navigating complex legal issues involving multiple jurisdictions, international families, foreign assets, and global legal concerns.