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

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World Class Education

• LL.M., NYU Law (Global Economy; Human Rights)
• LL.M., National University of Singapore (International Law)
• JD, FSU Law
• Erasmus Law (Netherlands) (Transnational Organized Crime)
• BA, FSU (Psychology; Literature) 

Respected in the Legal Profession

• 15 + years Practicing Law
• 2 years as staff attorney for the Innocence Project of Florida
• U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Accredited Attorney
• U.S. Dept. of State, Hauge Child Abduction Convention Network, Register of Attorneys   
• ACLU Board of Directors (Florida)
• Editorial Board, Florida Bar Journal
• Editor, FSU Law Review 
• Multiple peer reviewed publications
• Appointed to ten year term to the Florida Bar's ILS Foreign Legal Consultants Committee
• Licensed to Appear in North and South Florida Federal Courts

Respected in the North Florida Community

• Chairman, Tallahassee Environmental Board
• Board of Directors, Tallahassee Veterans Legal Collaborative
• Volunteer Attorney for N. FL. Homeless Veterans Stand Down
• Volunteer Attorney for Legal Aid of N. FL (Adv. Directives Clinic)
• Co-coordinator, Mayor's Initiative on Human Trafficking
• Tallahassee Animal Shelter Advisory Board 
• Leon County Library Advisory Board
• Board of Directors, Friends of Wakulla Springs
• Friends of the Leon County Library
• Tallahassee Writers Association

Public Interest Research Focuses: Environment; Criminal Justice; Mental Health; Homelessness; Veteran Affairs; Suicidology, 

Languages Spoken: English; Spanish

Mr. Bernardez began his career with the Psychology Division of the Florida Department of Children and Families as a treatment rehabilitation specialist assisting with the care, education, progress evaluation, and legal and medical recordkeeping for diagnosed mentally ill and low IQ patients deemed unfit for criminal trial. Later he would become a case manager and then a grants and development specialist for the Florida Military Family and Community Covenant. With NAMI-Miami, he assisted with development operations before focusing on compliance with the Miami Dade and Monroe Counties Early Learning Coalition. He is an avid community volunteer and served as Attorney Junnier’s aide during his Chairmanship of the Democratic Party of Leon County. An avid nature lover and adventurer, he hopes to climb Mount Kilimanjaro by 2024.  Born of immigrants, he enjoys celebrating his Cuban-American heritage and culture.