Jennie Espada
Federal and State Criminal Attorney. PRACDL and NACDL Active Member.
Jennie Mariel Espada, Esq.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Private Practice of Law, San Juan, P.R.
Criminal law Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney
Sociedad para Asistencia Legal de Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, P.R.
June 2007- Oct 2011 Defender I
Representing indigent persons in felony cases. Litigating every stage of the case from the preliminary hearing, suppression and other dispositive hearings, discovery, negotiating and or going to trial by jury or bench trial.
July 2004- November 2006 LawClerk, Jorge Armenteros Law Firm
Prepared legal documents, filing, investigating and any other task required by the office attorneys.
Nov. 1997- July 2004 Human Resources Administrator, Fervill Company, Inc.
Handled all issues pertaining employees, keeping the company up to legal requirements, hiring, preparing employee manuals and job descriptions.
June 1994- Apr. 1996 Operations Manager, Centro Tomográfico Oncológico
Coordinated patient studies from Oncologic Hospital and other centers within Centro Medico, transcribed studies, supervised escort personnel and liaison between physicians and our office.
EDUCATION: May 2006 Interamerican University School of
Law, Hato Rey, P.R.
Juris Doctor Cum Laude
July 1997 Interamerican University
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science (Anthropology)
September 1990 Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Anthropology/Latin-American Cultural Studies Major
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES:
January 2007 Admitted to Puerto Rico’s Bar
Association #16340
November 2007 Admitted to Federal Bar # 225003
December 2011-Present Member of PRACDL Board of Directors,
Member CLE Committee, which is the
source of most continued legal education for criminal defense attorneys
practicing in federal court.
April 2012 Trial Skills Academy for Federal Defenders:
California Western School of Law,San Diego, California
June 2012 Death Penalty Seminar: Gerry Spence Trial College Dubois, Wyoming
July 2012 DefenseAdvocacy training to University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law
undergraduate students. Instructed students in different techniques that make
criminal defense advocacy successful, as well as critiqued and evaluated
student performance for upcoming litigation competitions. Program Director:
Rafe Foreman, Esq.
July 2012 VoirDire Seminar: National Association for Criminal
Defense Attorneys San Francisco, California.
September 2012 Defense Advocacy training to University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law
undergraduate students. Instructed students in different techniques that make
criminal defense advocacy successful, as well as critiqued and evaluated
student performance for upcoming litigation competitions. Program Director:
Rafe Foreman, Esq.
Oct 2012 Evaluatorin Trial Advocacy Competition sponsored by the Interamerican University of
Puerto Rico School of Law
2013-PRESENT Criminal Defense Lawyer
Languages:
Computer Skills:
Legal Research:
Spanish, English Fluent
Microsoft Office
Microjuris, Lexis and Westlaw
Think Team for your defense.
Espada, Miñana & Pedrosa Law Offices PSC- Abogados-Notarios serves clients in San Juan and throughout all of Puerto Rico.