About Michelle Shelley
Michelle Shelley Behan earned her Juris Doctor from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in 2013 after completing a Bachelor of Science at Park University in 2000. She entered the bar the identical yr she finished law program and soon expanded the jurisdictions wherein she will seem, holding admissions in Arizona, the U.S. highest court and the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Her educational path combined traditional legal study with prior technical training and repair, setting the stage for an unconventional professional legal career.
Before getting into private practice she spent years in public service and federal law enforcement. She enlisted in the United States Navy in 1994 as a cryptologist. Later she served as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2006. Those roles concerned disciplined investigative work and technical evidence handling. She carried that experience into the area of law, where investigative instincts and awareness to procedure play a common role.
Her formal legal career began in the workplace of Michael Harwin, the place she labored as a regulation clerk after which as an affiliate in 2010. After law program she joined the Tucson Public Defender's Office as an assistant city public defender in 2014, handling criminal protection matters within the trial courts. She moved into personal firm practice in 2015 as an associate at Nesci & St. Louis, PLLC. Two years later she became a senior companion at Behan Ramsell PLLC. In 2019 she established her own company, Behan Law Group P.L.L.C., where she continues to practice.
Behan has concentrated much of her work on riding under the impact cases. She is board certified in DUI protection by the National College for DUI Defense and is a certified Field Sobriety Test Practitioner through NCDD and NHTSA education. She joined the school of the National College for DUI Defense in 2016 and has remained concerned in that educational arm while practicing. She additionally holds memberships within the Arizona State Bar and the Pima County Bar Association.
Her career blends courtroom experience, investigative background and particular technical certifications in DUI matters. She represents clients in state and federal hearings and has experience dealing with evidentiary and procedural issues that occur in impaired-driving prosecutions. She currently practices thru Behan Law Group P.L.L.C., representing clients in DUI defense and related matters.
