Hector Reichard-De Cardona

Background

Reichard-De Cardona, Hector was born on June 24, 1939 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

Education

Boston College (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1957). University of Puerto Rico School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1964). Spoken languages: Spanish and English.

Career

Worked at Reichard & Escalera (San Juan, Puerto Rico) specializing in Lobbying, Corporate, Real Estate, General Transactional. Admitted to the bar, 1964, Puerto Rico. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.

1979, United States.

Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit. 1980, District of Columbia. Beta Gamma Sigma; Alpha Sigma Nu.

Member and Associate Editor, University of Puerto Rico Law Review, 1962-1964.

Author: "Corroboration of the Testimony of a Coauthor When the Witness is a Minor," Volume XXX11 University of Puerto Rico Law Review, 1963. Company-Author: "The Impact in the Cost of Land in Puerto Rico: The Land Administration as an Instrument of Urbanism," University of Puerto Rico Law Review, Volume XXX11, 1963.

Professor of Law: Interamerican University School of Law, 1983—. Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1984-1985.

Member, Board of Directors, American Bar Retirement Association, 1975-1978.

State Delegate, Puerto Rico, 1976-1990. Member, Credentials and Admissions Committee of the House of Delegates, 1982-1983. Delegate from the Puerto Rico Bar Association to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, 1965-1967.

Honorary Member, Public Ministry of the Republic of Venezuela, 1983.

Member: Board of Regents, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, 1979. Board of Trustee, San Carlos School, 1974-1977.

Recipient, Young Manitoba of the Year Award of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Aguadilla Chapter, 1967. Counsel, Ad Honorem Rincón Rural Initiative Health Program, 1974-1980.

President: Puerto Rico"s North Western Aguadilla Region Industry Committee, 1974-1976.

Environmental Committee, Aguadilla Region, 1968-1970. Member, Governor"s Committee of Government Efficiency, 1968-1970. President, Board of Trustees, San Carlos Catholic Parish, 1970-1972.

Attorney General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1981-1983.

Of Counsel, Reichard & Martínez, Aguadilla, 1979-1980. Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico (Member, 1965-1967, Secretary, 1966-1967, Board of Governors.

President, José de Diego Chapter, 1971-1972). The District of Columbia Bar.

American (Member: Board of Governors, 1975-1978.

House of Delegates, 1967-1990. Board of Directors, fund for Public Education, 1975-1978. Vice Chairman, Hearings Committee, House of Delegates, 1984-1986.

Vice Chairman, House Membership Committee, 1986-1988.

Member, Task Force on Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1984-1986. Member, Task Force of American Newspaper Publishers Association, 1985-1988) and Interamerican (Member of Council, 1979-1985) Bar Associations.

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, Puerto Rico, 1987-1988). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.

Achievements

• Hector Reichard-De Cardona has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Board of Directors, American Bar Retirement Association, 1975-1978. State Delegate, Puerto Rico, 1976-1990. Member, Credentials and Admissions Committee of the House of Delegates, 1982-1983.

Delegate from the Puerto Rico Bar Association to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, 1965-1967.

Honorary Member, Public Ministry of the Republic of Venezuela, 1983. Member: Board of Regents, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, 1979.

Board of Trustee, San Carlos School, 1974-1977. Recipient, Young Manitoba of the Year Award of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Aguadilla Chapter, 1967.

Counsel, Ad Honorem Rincón Rural Initiative Health Program, 1974-1980.

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, Puerto Rico, 1987-1988). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.