Manuel Rodriguez-Orellana

Background

Rodriguez-Orellana, Manuel was born on March 7, 1948 in Rio Piedras, P.R. Son of Manuel Rodriguez-Ramos and Elena (Orellana-Ramos) Rodriguez.

Education

Johns Hopkins University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). Brown University (Master of Arts, 1972). Boston College (Juris Doctor, 1975).

Harvard University (Master of Laws, 1983).

Career

Staff attorney, P.R. Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., San Juan, P.R., 1975-1977; director consumer law division, P.R. Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., San Juan, P.R., 1977-1979; dean students, Inter-American U. School Law, San Juan, P.R., 1979-1980; assistant professor of law, Inter-American U. School Law, San Juan, P.R., 1980-1983; professor of law, Inter-American U. School Law, San Juan, P.R., since 1998; associate professor of law, Northeastern U. School Law, Boston, 1983-1989; professor of law, Northeastern U. School Law, Boston, 1989-1993. Consultant Office Indiana Counsel-Prosecutor of Commonwealth P.R., San Juan, 1985, Office Minority Leader of P.R. Indiana Party, Senate P.R., San Juan, since 1985. Visiting scholar Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988.

Electoral commissioner Commonwealth P.R., 1989-1995. Private practice in civil litigation, since 1995. Visiting professor Eugenio M. de Hostas School Law, Mayaguez, P.R., 1995-1996, Inter-American U., since 1998.

Membership

Candidate for resident commissioner from P.R. in the United States House of Representatives, 1996. Member American Bar Association, Colegio de Abogados de P.R. (Board of Governors 1977-1978). M C.

Connections

Married Maria Dolores Pizarro-Figueroa, January 30, 1984. 1 child, Laura Elena Rodriguez-Pizarro.

Father:

Manuel Rodriguez-Ramos Rodriguez

Mother:

Elena (Orellana-Ramos) Rodriguez

Spouse:

Maria Dolores Pizarro-Figueroa

child:

Laura Elena Rodriguez-Pizarro Rodriguez-Orellana