Special Education and Criminal Defense Attorney - representing students who have been denied an appropriate and effective education Craig David Becker, Esq. received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the recipient of a James Wilson Merit Scholarship. Mr. Becker began representing individuals while still attending law school and won his first not guilty verdict and suppression motion prior to graduation. He is a former Assistant Public Defender for Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he represented defendants in high profile felony cases and other serious offenses. Mr. Becker also worked in the Public Defender Office’s Juvenile Division, where he represented minors in all facets of juvenile criminal law. After leaving the Public Defender’s Office, Mr. Becker worked as an associate for top New Jersey and Pennsylvania law firms, including one firm that represented several New Jersey school districts on special education and related educational issues. Mr. Becker is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Camden County Bar Association, the Burlington County Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association's Legal Services for Exceptional Children Committee, and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey. Mr. Becker and his family live in Southern New Jersey. He is actively involved in the South Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania communities and with national and local issues regarding Special Education Law, Special Needs Students, and the needs of the disabled. Mr. Becker had experienced firsthand the difficulties many special education students experience. Mr. Becker has a learning disability and as student his schools found him in need of special education services.
- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- J.D | Law
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- Honors: James Wilson Merit Scholarship
- Attorney
- Craig David Becker, Attorney at Law, LLC
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- Assistant Public Defender
- Chester County Public Defenders Office
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- Don't Forget About Drug Court
- The Camden County Bar Association Barrister
- Possible Police Investigations
- The Camden County Bar Association Barrister
- The Half Finished Case, Juvenile and Criminal Law
- The Camden County Bar Association Barrister
- Liability, Special Education, Civil Rights in Schools & School Safety: 5 High Liability Issues With K 12 Schools, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- Camden County Bar Association
- Custody in Special Education, Exceptional Children Conference, Lancaster Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Specific Learning Disability: Making (and Disputing) Eligibility Determinations under SLD, Exceptional Children Conference, Lancaster Pennsylvania
- The Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- School Law Expert Panel: How to Handle Your Biggest Challenges, Newark, New Jersey
- National Busines Institute
- Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs), and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs): Ensuring Best Practices, IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- National Busines Institute
- The IEP Development Process: Handling Difficult Issues, IEP and 504 Plan Legal Workshop, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- National Busines Institute
- Camden County Bar Assocation
- Officer
- Current
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Education Law
- Juvenile Law
- Criminal Law
- Immigration Law
- French: Spoken
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