PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Extensive experience in Civil, Labor, Criminal, Administrative, Commercial and Insurance Law across all lines, from both a technical and a legal standpoint. Handling of insurance claims and loss adjustment. Collection of mortgage and executory loan portfolios; title examination. Banking and Insurance Adviser. Adviser to construction companies on performance and construction stability bonds and mortgage loans. Expert in the laws and decrees governing the UPAC and UVR systems and Housing Law 546/99. Specialized in Labor Law. Certified Conciliator in Law.
EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Independent Practice of Law. Bogotá, D. C. November 1, 1985 to date. External counsel to Central de Inversiones S. A. CISA: legal opinions, advisory services, attorney of record in mortgage-backed and ordinary executory proceedings. External counsel to Banco Central Hipotecario: legal opinions, banking advisory services, attorney of record in mortgage-backed executory proceedings and labor proceedings. External counsel to Davivienda: executory proceedings secured by mortgages or pledges. External counsel to La Previsora S. A. Compañía de Seguros. External counsel to Colseguros: advisory services and legal opinions; ordinary and executory proceedings. External counsel to Caja Popular Cooperativa and Coopcentral: executory proceedings. Counsel to Arklow Constructora Ltda. Certified Conciliator in Law and lecturer on Insurance Conciliation at the CONALBOS Conciliation Center. Advisory services in drafting laws and decrees on UPAC, UVR, Housing Law 546/99 and the National Traffic Code. National President of the Corporación Colegio Nacional de Abogados de Colombia “Conalbos”; Vice President of the Bogotá Chapter of “Conalbos”. Adviser to the Ministry of the Interior and Justice in drafting the Bill on Mandatory Bar Membership for Lawyers, and promoter of mandatory bar membership within the legal profession.
Manager of the insurance agency PROTECCIÓN JURÍDICA LTDA for more than 20 years.
La Previsora, S. A. Compañía de Seguros: Head of the Insurance Division, Head of the Automobile Department: August 2, 1976 to October 24, 1985. Deputy Head of Human Relations, Deputy Head of the Fire Department, Deputy Head and Head of the Automobile Department, handling of claims and loss adjustment. Head of the Insurance Division nationwide. Responsible for managing the Company’s insurance and budget and for coordinating its insurance plans and programs, including taking part in drafting and designing the global fidelity policy for public entities and its collection through coercive jurisdiction, the deductible waiver clause for automobiles of public entities, life insurance for judges, prosecutors and other authorities at high risk from public-order threats, and compulsory automobile insurance. Performance and construction stability bonds for contractors. Fidelity policies for the private and public sectors.
Liberty de Seguros, S. A. (formerly La Libertad de Seguros): Deputy Head of the Fire and Theft Department. Risk Inspector, Analyst and Loss Adjuster. September 12, 1974 to July 23, 1976.
Suramericana de Seguros, Bogotá: Inspector, Loss Adjuster, Document Reviewer: April 23, 1972 to September 9, 1974.
Juzgado 28 de Instrucción Criminal (28th Criminal Investigation Court), Bogotá: Court Clerk. February 2, 1972 – April 22, 1972. Court Clerk.
Secretaría de Educación (S). Teacher. January 1, 1970 – December 31, 1971. Teacher.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Lawyer. Universidad Libre de Colombia. Bogotá. December 1976
Professional License 16.638 issued by the Consejo Superior de la Judicatura.
Degree obtained: Doctor of Law and Social Sciences.
Thesis: Insurance Legislation
Specialization in Labor Law. Universidad Nacional, Bogotá: 2 years. 1982 and 1983.
Degree obtained: Specialist in Labor Law
DIPLOMA IN CONCILIATION: UNIVERSIDAD LA GRAN COLOMBIA.
SEMINAR “THE PATH OF CONCILIATION” (“LA RUTA DE LA CONCILIACIÓN”), COMITÉ INTERCENTROS DE CONCILIACIÓN Y ARBITRAJE.
SEMINAR ON THE ADVERSARIAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FISCALÍA GENERAL DE LA NACIÓN AND THE CORPORACIÓN COLEGIO NACIONAL DE ABOGADOS “CONALBOS”, BOGOTÁ CHAPTER.
NEGOTIATION SKILLS SEMINAR, BANCO CENTRAL HIPOTECARIO.
SENA-FASECOLDA Agreement, First Graduating Class, 2 years. 1976-1977.
Degree obtained: Administrative Technician specializing in General Insurance.
Conciliation Seminar: Conalbos, Bogotá. 1998
Philosophy and Letters. Universidad Nacional, Bogotá: 1972-1973.
English. Instituto Colombo-Americano, Bogotá. 1990
English. Hallandale Adult Community –Center 1000 Southwest 3RD. Street Hallandale, Florida, U. S. A. 1991
Languages: Proficient in English and French
Countries visited: UNITED STATES, ENGLAND,
BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, LUXEMBOURG,
FRANCE, SPAIN, VENEZUELA AND
ECUADOR.
CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS
Risk Inspection, Industrial Safety, Business Management Techniques, Civil, Labor and Procedural Law, Adversarial Criminal Justice System, Conciliation, Computer Systems, Windows, Excel, Power Point.
ADVISORY SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENTS
Banking and insurance adviser with extensive experience in all matters relating to insurance claims and loss adjustment, title examination, mortgages, subrogations, the Commercial Registry and company incorporation. Participated in drafting and revising laws and decrees on the UPAC and UVR systems, Housing Law 546/99, the National Traffic Code, mandatory bar membership for lawyers, and the traditional lending system of the B. C. H. Studies and planning for past-due loan portfolios. Conciliator at the Conalbos Conciliation Center.
Full Member (Miembro de Número) of the ASOCIACIÓN IBEROAMERICANA DE DERECHO DEL TRABAJO.
Member of the ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE ABOGADOS LITIGANTES “ANDAL”.
Member of the COLEGIO NACIONAL DE ABOGADOS “CONALBOS”. NATIONAL PRESIDENT; VICE PRESIDENT, “CONALBOS” BOGOTÁ CHAPTER.
Member of the ASOCIACIÓN COLOMBIANA DE DERECHO DE SEGUROS “ACOLDESE”.
Member of the ASOCIACIÓN DE EGRESADOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD LIBRE “ADEUL”.
Participation
As a SpeakerAs a ModeratorInstitutional