Background
Santovenia, Maria de Jesus was born on December 24, 1961 in Cardenas, Cuba. Daughter of Eugene M. and Mariana Santovenia. came to the United States, 1962.
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Maria de Jesus Santovenia
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University of Miami (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1983). University of Pennsylvania (Juris Doctor, 1988). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Lehtinen, O'Donnell, Vargas & Reiner, Professional Association (Miami, Florida) specializing in Environmental Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1989, Florida and Pennsylvania. 1991, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1994, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida. 1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Phi Kappa Phi; Golden Key National Honor Society. Judicial Clerk to the Honorary Murray C. Goldman, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, 1988-1989. Member: Philadelphia, Dade County and American (Member, Young Lawyers Division Natural Resources, Environmental Law and Business Law Committees Planning Board, 1994) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Business Law, Appellate Practice and Advocacy). Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania (Board of Directors, 1993).
Achievements
Membership
Young adults coordinator Office Lincoln Diaz Balart, Miami, Florida, 1982. Member Professionals for Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1992. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Statutory Law committee, Philadelphia Bar Association, Appellate Rules Committee (young lawyers section Executive Committee), Phi Kappa Phi.
