RESUMES

Raúl E. González - Reyes

Jorge E. Vélez - Vélez

OF COUNSEL

Raúl E. González - Díaz

Barry A. Woods

Nilsa M. Flores-Solá

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Raul E. Gonzalez-Reyes:

Born San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 18, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Puerto Rico; 2000 U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico. Education: Boston College (B.S., Accounting and Finance, 1993); University of Puerto Rico School of Law (J.D., 1996); Boston University (LL.M. Banking & Financial Services Law, 1997). Law clerk to Hon. Antonio S. Negrón-García, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, 1995. In House Counsel, Doral Financial Corporation, 1998-2000. Member: Puerto Rico Bar Association; Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce; Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association. Languages: English and Spanish.

Jorge E.Vélez - Vélez

Born San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 24, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, Puerto Rico, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.  Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., cum laude, 1977; J.D., magna cum laude, 1987).  Languages: English and Spanish.  Research Assistant, University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1986-1987. Associate, Gnocchi-Franco Law Offices, 1988-1989.  Member: Puerto Rico Bar Association

Raúl E. González - Díaz

Born Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, November 7, 1939; admitted to bar,1964, Puerto Rico; 1969, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1981, District of Columbia. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., cum laude, 1961; M.P.A., 1964; LL.B., cum laude, 1964). Languages: English and Spanish. Member, Editorial Staff, University of Puerto Rico Law Journal, 1962-1964. Lecturer: University of Puerto Rico, 1967-1972; Graduate Program, Catholic University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1983-1986. Professor, Civil Procedure, Catholic University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1983-1986. Law Clerk to Hon. Marco A. Rigau, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, 1964-1965. Executive Director, Civil Rights Commission of Puerto Rico, 1965-1967. Director, Office of Industrial Tax Exemption of Puerto Rico, 1967-1969. Member, O'Neill & Borges, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1972-1979. Member, Bar Examinations Board of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, 1976-1979. Member, Supreme Court Historical Society. Member: Puerto Rico (Member: Civil Rights Commission, 1969-1972; Second Vice-President, 1970-1971; At Large Delegate to Board of Governors, 1974-1975; Chairman, Commission for Evaluation of Judicial Nominations, 1980-1983; Editor, Bar Association Journal, 1966-1970), Federal, American (Member: Litigation Section; Puerto Rico delegate to the House of Delegates, 1980-1983; President, Construction Law Committee, Puerto Rico Chapter, 1977-1979) and Inter-American (Member, Puerto Rico Delegate to Board of Governors, 1975-; Chairman, Organizing Committee of the XXIst Conference, 1977-1979) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar.

Barry A. Woods 

Born New York, N.Y., November 21, 1942; admitted to bar,1969, New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1970, Puerto Rico; 1971, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico. Education: New York University (B.S., 1965); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1969). Languages: English and Spanish. . Member: Puerto Rico and American (Member: Section on Taxation; Committee on Foreign Tax Problems, 1970-1972; International Law Section) Bar Associations; American Society of International Law.

Nilsa M. Flores-Solá

Born San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 30, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, Puerto Rico; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Eleventh Circuits; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico.  Education: State University of New York (B.A., 1986); University of Puerto Rico Law School (J.D., 1996).  Law clerk to Hon. Salim Chaar Padín and Angel M. Almodovar, Justices, San Juan Superior Court, 1996-1997.  Associate, Law Offices of Goldman Antonetti & Córdova, LL.P., 1997-2001.  Member: Puerto Rico, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association; Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (President, Committee for Human Resources and Labor Litigation, 2000-2002).  Languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese.