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Mr.
Toro-Monserrate holds a Bachelor of Arts (1978) and a Master
in Arts in Philosophy from the University of Puerto Rico,
Río Piedras(1980), and a Juris Doctor from the University
of Texas at Austin (1985). During law school, he was a staff
member of the Texas International Law Journal, where he published
"Recognition of Foreign Judgments In Puerto Rico: Efectos
Litográficos, C.A. v. Nat'l Paper Co. of Puerto Rico,
112 DPR 389," 21 Tex Int'l Law J. 151. Also during law
school he co-authored with Professor Mark Baker "CBI-CARICOM:
The Interplay Between Two International Law Instruments,"
11 North Carolina J. of Int'l Law and Comm. Reg. 1.
After law school, Mr. Toro-Monserrate clerked for the Hon.
Howard G. Munson, Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Northen District of New York and for the Hon. Juan
R. Torruella, Circuit Judge, United States Circuit Court of
Appeals for the First Circuit. Between 1988 and 2000, Mr.
Toro-Monserrate worked at McConnell Valdés, where he
was a partner at the Litigation Department. He published "Recognition
and Enforcement in Puerto Rico of Money Judgments Issued by
Foreign Courts," a chapter in International Recognition
and Enforcement of Judgments, Published by Business Laws,
Inc.
Mr.
Toro-Monserrate is admitted to practice in the courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He has had extensive
trial and litigation experience in civil and commercial litigation,
distribution relationships, administrative law, tort and product
liability. He is also an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Puerto Rico
School of Law.
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