Career
He received an Bachelor of Laws from the Government Law College, Mumbai and thereafter practiced in the High Court of Bombay at Goa. He also was a lecturer in law at the Salgaonkar Law College from 1975-1977. He was president of the Goa High Court Bar Association from 1984 to 1996 and was designated a Senior Advocate in 1995.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1977 on a Janta Party ticket.
In 1989, he contested and lost Parliamentary elections on a Janata Party ticket to Eduardo Falerio and has been inactive in politics ever since.