Omar F. Guerra Johansson

Omar F. Guerra Johansson is a highly credentialed Fort Lauderdale criminal defense lawyer who graduated from Duke University in 1990. He served four years as a United States Naval Officer during the first Persian Gulf War, graduated cum laude from Tulane Law School, and then clerked for two years for a United States District Court Judge (a prestigious and limited honor). He then served five years as an Assistant Federal Public Defender representing over 500 federal defendants accused of federal crimes, and served as a Prosecutor for the State of Florida prosecuting well over 500 cases.

Education Duke University, BA
Tulane Law School, JD, cum laude
Fort Lauderdale Federal Criminal Lawyer

• Prosecutor, State of Florida
• Assistant Federal Public Defender
• Law Clerk for United States District Judge
• United States Naval Officer, Lieutenant

Fort Lauderdale Drug Attorney

• National Criminal Defense College, 2001
• Surface Warfare Office, United States Navy
• Officer of the Deck, Underway, US Navy
• Combat Information Center Officer, US Navy
• Helicopter Landing Officer, US Navy

FL Lauderdale Criminal Defense Lawyer – Admissions

• State of Florida Bar
• State of Texas Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• Criminal Justice Act Panel, U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• Criminal Justice Act Panel, U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida

Published Works

• Senior Articles Editor, The Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1996
• Nonseafarers may supplement their general maritime law wrongful death remedies with state wrongful death and survival statute remedies: Yamaha Motor Corp. v Calhoun, 21 Tul. Mar. L.J. 193 1996.

Honors and Awards

• National Defense Medal, United States Navy, Iraq
• Senior Fellow, Tulane Law Legal Research and Writing
• Senior Articles Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal Scholarship
• Tulane Law Merit Scholarship
• Helicopter Landing Officer, US Navy

Professional Associations

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers,
• The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• The Florida Bar, Criminal Law Section
• Dade County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section
• Broward County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section

Languages:

• English, Spanish