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Attorney at Law and Notary
Public
obruce@aczalaw.com
Higher Education:
Degree in Legal Sciences, Faculty of Judicial Sciences, Universidad
Escuela Libre de Derecho, graduated with honors Cum Laude (1997).
Bachelors degree in Law, Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho,
graduated with honors Cum Laude (1997).
Notary Public, Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho (1997). Masters
Degree in Corporate Law in Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y
Tecnología (ULACIT Cand.) (2002–2003).
Currently in
the masters degree program in Taxation Law, Universidad
Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT).
Other studies:
Costa
Rican Bar Association Scholar for the Modern Economic Contracts
Course in the Judges Preparation Program of the Judicial School of
Costa Rica.
(2006 – 2007).
Modern Economical Contracts, Costa
Rican Bar Association (2000); Collection Process, Costa Rican Bar
Association (2000); WIPO National Seminar in Intellectual Property
(1998); Aspects of Intellectual Property, American Chamber of
Commerce (2000); Arbitration Seminar, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce
(1998); Modernization of the Civil Code (1998); Third Interamerican
Meeting for Alternative Dispute Resolution Professionals (1997); New
Contractual Figures Seminar (1997); Taxation Law Seminar (1997); The
Need for Reform in Costa Rican Administrative Law Seminar (1997);
Practical Implication of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Project,
Costa Rican Bar Association and the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce
Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (1997); North American
Criminal Procedure Law, Judicial School of the Supreme Court (1997);
Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation in Costa Rica,
Perspectives on the new legislation; Costa Rican Bar Association and
the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce Center for Conciliation and
Arbitration(1997); The New Criminal Procedure Code (1997); WIPO
National Seminar in Intellectual Property (1997); Civil Procedure
Code Seminar (1997); The Importance of the trademark in
Globalization Times (1997); The Future of the Civil Procedure in
Costa Rica; Notification Law Seminar (1996).
Legal Experience:
Partner of ACZALAW, Central American Firm, since march 2003;
Founding Partner Bruce, von Herold, Romero & Asociados, 2000 -
2003; Associate Gutiérrez Campos & Asociados, 1997 – 2000; Instituto
Latinoamericano de las Naciones Unidas para la Prevención del Delito
y el Tratamiento del Delincuente (ILANUD).
Consultant in Alternative Dispute
Resolution to the Principal Advisor, 1998; Interamerican Alternative
Conflict Resolution Professionals Association (AIPRAC). Consultant
for the General Secretary in Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1998;
KPMG Peat Marwick – International Educare Program. Consultant in
Commercial Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Speaker at the
Legal Aspects of Leasing in Costa Rica Seminar, 1998.
Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho.
Member on
the Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission,
1998. Universidad Escuela
Libre de Derecho, Assistant for the Public Law and General Theory of
Law Courses, 1996; Member in the Law Student Commission the
participated in the drafting of the Notary Code.
Legal Practice:
Business and Corporate Law;
Commercial Law; Civil Law; Labor Law; Costumes Law, Alternative
Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property; Collection; Notary;
Investments and Off Shore Corporations.
Seminaries:
Main Speaker at Seminar: LEASINGS
LEGAL ASPECTS IN COSTA
RICA. Organized by KPMG
Peat Marwick.
San José, Costa Rica. July
14th and 15th 1998.
Publications:
“Thoughts on the time-share
contracts”, Judicial Sciences Magazine, N° 98 published by the
Costa Rican Bar Association and the University of Costa Rica Faculty
of Law, May – August 2002. “ Electronic Commerce and Consumer
Rights” Judicial Sciences Magazine, N° 98 published by the Costa
Rican Bar Association and the University of Costa Rica Faculty of
Law, September – December 2002.
Languages:
Spanish and English. |