Jose Couto Couto Centeio

Background

Centeio, Jose Couto was born on May 1, 1960 in Atalaia, Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Son of Jose Couto and Dalia (Goncalves) Centeio. came to the United States 1971.

Education

Tufts University (Bachelor of Science, 1984). Boston College (Juris Doctor, 1988). Spoken languages: Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese and Spanish.

Career

Worked at Centeio Law Offices, P.C. (Boston, MA) specializing in General Practice, Paternity Law, Custody Law, Real Estate Law, Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1989, Massachusetts. 1991, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts and United States.

Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Treasurer and Board Member, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, 1991—. Board Member: Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, 1992—, Cape Verdean Association of New England.

President, Cape Verdean Independence Celebration Committee, 1995—. Council Member, St. Patrick's Parish, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Member: Massachusetts (Member, Sections on: Family Law, Real Estate Law) and American (Sections: Family Law, Real Estate Law).

Massachusetts Conveyancers Association.

Membership

Co-founder, board directors Cape Verdean Association New England, Boston, since 1989. Board of directors Dudley St. Neighborhood Initiative, since 1991. Board directors Dorchester Bay Economics Development Corporation, since 1992, Dudley Neighbors, Inc.

Board directors, president Cape verde Independence Celebration Committee. Member pastoral county St. Patrick's Church. Member Massachusetts Conveyancers Association.

Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Suffolk Bar Association.

Connections

Father:

Jose Couto Centeio

Mother:

Dalia (Goncalves) Centeio