Admitted: 1989, Puerto Rico, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School: Stanford University, J.D.
Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1993-1994); Federal (President, 1997-1998) and American (State Delegate, 1999-2008; Member, A.B.A. Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, 2004; Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 2004-2007) Bar Associations; Civil Justice Reform Act Committee, District of Puerto Rico, 1991.
Biography: Law Clerk to Chief Judge Juan M. Pérez-Giménez, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico, 1988-1989. Adjunct Professor, Ethics and Constitutional Law, Interamerican University School of Law, 1995. Formerly associated with Jiménez Graffam & Lausell, 1989-1996 (Partner, 1994-1996). Member: Board of Directors, Puerto Rico Legal Services Corporation, 1996-1999. Puerto Rico Board of Bar Examiners, 1996-1999. Member, U.S. Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, 2001. Member, Federal Bar Examination Committee, 1999. District Representative, Criminal Justice Act Panel, 2001-2002.
Born: San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 29, 1962
Languages: English and Spanish