Academic and Professional Distinctions
1990-present
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1989-1990
1986-1988
1983-1986
1979-1980
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1975-present
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1975-1976
1981-1991
1978, 1986, 1988
Professional Experience:
1992-2002
1992-2008
1989-1992
1992
1989- 1991
1987-1989
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1986-1989
1986-1990
1986-1989
1986-1988
1986 - 1988
1987-1989
1986-1989
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1988
1988
1985-1986
1984-1986
1983-1986
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1984-1986
Member of the Board of Directors of the Banco Financiero
Member of the Board of Directors of the Hospital San Cristóbal
Member of the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education (this was the Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico and the regulatory body of private superior education)
Member of the Board of Directors of Puerto Rico Marine
Management, Inc.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau
Chairman of the Board of Regents of the Puerto Rico Marine Shipping Authority (this was a governmental enterprise dedicated to maritime transportation)
Secretary of the Puerto Rico Financial Board (this board is the advisor to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and regulates rates for all credit transactions)
Member of the Governing Board of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewerage Authority
Member of the Board of Directors of the Administration of the Fund for Compensation of Patients
Member of the Board on Illegal Commercial Practices
Member of the Commission on Illegal Appropriation of Vehicles
Member of the Advisory Board to the Secretary of the Department of Drug Addiction Services
Chairman of the Governor’s Special Task Force on Job Training Opportunities
Chairman of the Governor’s Special Task Force on the Effects of the Drought
Vicepresident of the Civil Rights Commission of the Government of Puerto Rico
Chairman of the Puerto Rico Bar Association Review Board
Member of the Supreme Court’s Commission to Study the Bar Examination
Member of the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rican Law Foundation
Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Legal Services
Additional Experiences:
1975 – present
During different periods, legal counsel to the Association of Mayors, 44 municipalities, the Governor, the Senate, the House of Representatives, thirty public departments and agencies, and the Popular Democratic Party, and a long list of private clients, including multi-national and local business in fields like telecommunications, energy land development, tourisms, retailers and wholesalers, professional associating banking and securities health, insurance, construction industry computers, and agriculture.
Professional Associations:
1989 -1993
1989 - present
1974 - present
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1986 - 1988
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1986 - 1988
1983 - present
2009 - present
Member of the Puerto Rican Academy on Jurisprudence and Legislation
Member of the “Asociación de Notarios”
Member of the Puerto Rico Bar Association and the American Bar Association
Member of the National Association of Consumers Affairs Administrators
Association of Food and Drug Officers
Member of the American Bar Association
Member of the American Bar Foundation.
Lectures and Speeches:
Professor Ortiz-Alvarez has lectured before many important private and public institutions, universities, and conventions in Puerto Rico, United States, Spain and Latin America. Also he has delivered important speeches before many public forums. A list may be provided upon request.
Intellectual Contributions:
Professor Ortiz-Alvarez has published articles for Puerto Rican Law journals and in some reports. He has had an outstanding participation in the litigation of important cases before Puerto Rico and US Courts. A list may be provide upon request.
Bar Admissions:
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Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
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Supreme Court of the United States
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US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit US
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Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Harvard University
Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Summa Cum Laude)
University of Puerto Rico (Magna Cum Laude)
Executive of the Year –Award granted by the Association of Sales and Marketing Executives
Outstanding Young Man of America (designated by the US Jaycees)
Ford Foundation Fellow
Highest mark in the Puerto Rico Bar Examination
Puerto Rico Bar Association Award as Best Law Student
Catholic University Award as Best Law Student
1996 & 1985
1981
1974-1975
1974
1974
1974
Private Practice (Ortiz-Alvarez Law Office located in Ponce and San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Partner to González, Bennazar & Colorado
Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Consumer Affairs
Dean of Catholic University School of Law
Member of the Commonwealth Elections Commission and Electoral Commissioner of the Popular Democratic Party
Professor of Law Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law, (teaching Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Administrative Law, Regulated Industries, Government and Public Policy, Legislation, Federal Jurisdiction, Remedies, Civil Rights, Legal Research, Law and Social Change)
Director of the Puerto Rican Law Review
Adjunt Professor at the Inter American University Law School
Lecturer at UPR School of Law
1975 LL.M.
1974 J.D.
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1972 BA
Education:
Summary of Curriculum Vitae for
PEDRO E. ORTIZ ALVAREZ
