EDUCATION
Primary: Escuela Joaquín Lizano- Heredia.
Secondary: Colegio Claretiano-Heredia
University:
Bachelor’s Degree (Bachiller) in Law, Collegium Academicum, Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica
Licenciatura in Law, Collegium Academicum, Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica, Cum Laude Probatus.
Other University Studies
Coursework in the International Relations program, Colegio Académico, Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica
Preparatory courses for master’s programs in Business Administration, Universidad Interamericana.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
-1994 Admitted to the Colegio de Abogados de Costa Rica
-1994 Notary Public, Costa Rica, Collegium Academicum, Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1986–1994 Legal Assistant, Bufete Braulio Sánchez y Asociados.
1994 to date Attorney and Notary, Corporación Jurídica Sánchez González S.A.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 to 2011 Professor, Universidad Interamericana (now Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Heredia campus), Roman Law and Fundamentals of Law course
COMMITTEES OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.
2010 – 2013 Coordinator of the International Law Committee, Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica
2011-2013 Member of the Banking Law Committee. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica
2011- 2013 Member of the Public Institutions Committee. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica
2011 – 2013 Member of the Administrative Board. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica
2011 -2013 Director of the journal El Foro. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2011 -2013 Liaison Coordinator, Advisory and Editorial Board. Revista de Ciencias Jurídicas. Universidad de Costa Rica, Facultad de Derecho. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2010 – 2013 Representative to the General Assembly of the Universidad de Costa Rica. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2010 – 2013 Representative to the Federación de Colegios Profesionales Universitarios de Costa Rica. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2011 – 2013 Representative to the Costa Rican Commission on International Humanitarian Law. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2011 – 2013 Deputy Secretary and Board Member, Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2013 Vice President, Federación de Colegios Universitarios de Costa Rica.
2016 to date Member of the Committee against Unfair Competition, Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2016 to date Member of the Police Law Committee. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2016 to date Member of the International Law Committee. Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2016 to date Member of the Costa Rican Commission on International Humanitarian Law, representing the Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
2016 – 2018 Board Member (Member IV). Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica.
2016 – 2018 Representative of the Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas to the General Assembly of the Universidad de Costa Rica.
2017 Representative of the Costa Rican Commission on International Humanitarian Law at the Raphael Lemkin Seminar (June 2017) on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities.
BUSINESS
1997 to 2001: Member of the International Real Estate Federation, FIABCI (French acronym)
1998 to 1999: First Member of the Board of Directors, Cámara Costarricense de Corredores de Bienes Raíces. In that capacity, I served on the appraisals and specialties committee.
1994 to date Treasurer – Legal Representative, Corporación Jurídica Sánchez González S.A., a law firm providing legal and notarial services.
2015 – 2016 Legal Representative, Kuvus Logistiks INC S.A., a motorcycle rental company.
OTHER
2010 – 2014 Founding member of the AVATAR Foundation, for the protection of women victims of domestic violence.
2019- to date. Treasurer, Humanitarian Development Institute of America.
2019- to date. Vice President-Costa Rica, Federación Iberoamericana de Abogados – headquartered in Mexico
2019- to date Co-host of the radio program “En Corto y en Directo”, Grupo Extra – Radio América
PUBLICATIONS
2018 “Firma Magazine, Rankings Firmas Legales” 2, “Una Responsabilidad Nacional Frente a la
Humanidad” (A National Responsibility to Humanity). Edition 19, co-authors Alvaro Sanchez and Oscar Solis.
SEMINARS AND COURSES
JUNE 2017 Raphael Lemkin Seminar on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities for the
Latin American Network. Kraków, Poland.
November 2017 Specialized Course on International Humanitarian Law and Its Current Relevance.
February 2018. Seminar on the Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies in the
Latin America and Caribbean Region
November 2018. Specialized Course on International Humanitarian Law and Its Current Relevance.
Part II
December 2018 Course “Migration and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities”.