• District Court, D. Puerto Rico

  Judge

  2006 – present · 20 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Special litigation counsel

  McConnell Valdes

  2001 – present · 25 yrs

• U.S. Magistrate Judge

  U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico

  2001 – 2006 · 5 yrs

• Solicitor general

  Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

  1999 – 2000 · 1 yr

• Assistant to the attorney general

  Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

  1997 – present · 29 yrs

• Deputy attorney general for the office of legal counsel

  Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

  1997 – 1999 · 2 yrs

• Assistant federal public defender

  District of Puerto Rico

  1993 – 1997 · 4 yrs

• Law clerk, Hon. Juan M. Perez-Gimenez

  U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico

  1991 – 1993 · 2 yrs

Education