Admitted: 1966, New York; 1974, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1976, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1985, Connecticut; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2010, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2011, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
Law School: Harvard University, J.D.
Member: Queens County, New York State and Puerto Rican Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New York Criminal Bar Association; Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County.
Biography: Assistant District Attorney: New York County, 1970-1976; Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor, City of New York, 1972-1976. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut, 1976-1978. Member: Board of Governors, Daytop Village Inc., 1974-1990; Board of Advisors, Behrhorst Clinic Foundation, Inc., 1972. Producer and Host, Justicia Para El Latino, 1994. Associates Fellow, Pierson College, Yale University, 2001. Author, "Court Officers-The Unsung Heroes of September 11, 2001," Queens Bar Bulletin, May 2002. Faculty, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Cardozo School of Law, 2002. Staff Judge Advocate, Silver City Detachment, Marine Corps League, Department of Connecticut, 2009. General Counsel, Leathernecks Motorcycle Club Inc. of Connecticut, 2010.
Born: New York, N.Y., November 13, 1935
MilitaryService: Major, U.S.M.C.R., 1957-1972
Languages: Spanish
Cases: United States of America v. Lara, 905 F. 2d 599, 2d Cir., 1990; United States of America v. Giraldo, 743 F. Supp. 152, E.D.N.Y., 1990; United States of America v. Osorio, 949 F. 2d 38, 2d Cir., 1991; United States of America v. Quesada-Mosquera, 816 F. Supp. 168, E.D.N.Y., 1993.