Background
Socarras, Michael P. was born in 1961 in Sagua la Grande, Las Villas, Cuba.
Socarras, Michael P. was born in 1961 in Sagua la Grande, Las Villas, Cuba.
Brandeis University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1983). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1986). Spoken languages: Spanish and French.
Worked at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Products Liability, International Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1988, New New York 1989, District of Columbia (Not admitted Missouri).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Author: "Judicial Modification of Statutes: A Separation of Powers Defense of Legislative Inefficiency," 4 Yale L. & Political"y Review 228, 1985; "The Argentine Invasion of the Falklands and International Norms of Signaling," West. Reisman and A. Willard (eds.), International Incidents, Princeton University Press, 1989. Law Clerk to Honorary James L. Buckley, United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1986-1987.
Special Assistant, United States. Department of Justice, 1987-1989.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar.