Odette Portuondo-Díaz

Background

Portuondo-Díaz, Odette was born on March 7, 1951 in Havana, Cuba.

Education

College of the Sacred Heart (Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, 1972). University of Puerto Rico (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982).

Career

Worked at McConnell Valdes (San Juan, Puerto Rico) specializing in Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Puerto Rico. 1984, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

President, Environmental Committee, 1984 and Toxic and Hazardous Waste Task Force, 1987-1988, Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association.

Appointed Member, Puerto Rico Bar Commission of Environmental Law and Natural Resources, 1989. Author: "Radiation Chemistry of Uric Acid in Aqueous Solution," Rad.Res.

59, 27, 1974 (co-author). "Steady - State Radiolysis of Purine Bases in Aqueous Solution," Rad.Res.

7, 1977 (co-author); "Report on Puerto Rico"s Capacity Assurance under SARA," PRMA Separata, August 1989.

"Environmental Protection Agency Regulations on National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems," Lex Mundi World Reports, Volume III, Number. 5, p. 53, May 1991; "Puerto Rico"s Waster Reduction and Recycling Acting," Business Puerto Rico, October 1992. Member: American Bar Association.

Federal Water Pollution Control Association.

American Water Works Association. Interamerican Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering.

Achievements

• Odette Portuondo-Díaz has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: American Bar Association. Federal Water Pollution Control Association. American Water Works Association.

Interamerican Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering.