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Employment

partner                                                                                                   Years Employed (1982-Current)

Anderson & Rivera                                                                                        St. Louis, Missouri

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Children of the World, Inc.                                                                    1998 to Present

 

International Adoptions, Criminal Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Domestic.

 

Education

J.D. Degree                                                                                         Years attended (1977-1980)

St. Louis University School of Law                                                                        St. Louis, Missouri

 

Founder & President of the International Law Society, Member and Assistant Managing Editor of the St. Louis University Law Review; Member of the Comparative Law Society; Summer program at the Hague Academy of International Law;

 

B.A. Political Science & Spanish                                                                  Years Attended (1973-1977))

Ohio Northern University                                                                                                       Ada, Ohio

 

Dual degree in Spanish and Political Science; President & Founder- Young Democrats; President- Model UN Society; Captain-ONU Varsity Wrestling Team; Resident Assistant; Member Omicron Delta Kappa-Honorary Leadership Fraternity; Member-Theta Chi Fraternity; Getty Scholar; Who’s Who Among American College Students.

 

 Skills

·         Fluent in English and Spanish

·         Extensive Litigation Experience

 

 Interests and Activities

 

·         Three time National Judo Champion in Master’s Division

 

·         Former Member of the Governor’s Council on Hispanic Affairs

 

·         Member Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

 

·         Former Member: St. Elizabeth’s Adult Day Care Center

 

·         Member of American Bar Association

 

·         Member of Missouri Bar

   

          President of the Professional Advisory  Board for Resolve,  Inc.

 

·        International Member of the Brazilian Family Law Institute

 

 

 

 

Lecturer

 

  • Guest lecturer for the National Business Institute

  • Missouri Bar-Domestic and International Adoptions

  • Missouri Judicial College

  • University of San Carlos,  Guatemala City,  Guatemala

 

Publications

 

  • October 2003 Hague Treaty:  Crisis in Adoption.

  • July 2001:  Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Series:  Juvenile Law:  Chapter 10A  International Adoption.

  •  October 1998   A Primer on International Adoptions, Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly

  • October 1990  The Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoptions, Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly

             

     

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