Background
Amador, Victor was born on February 23, 1949 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Victor Amador
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University of Puerto Rico (Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1971). Inter-American University of Law, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974). New York University School of Law (L.L.M., Criminal Law, 1975).
Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Puerto Rico. 1994, Texas; United States. Court of Appeals, First, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
United States. District Court, San Juan, Western and Northern Districts of Texas. National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Diploma in Trial Advocacy, 1981. Diploma in Teaching Trial Advocacy, 1983).
Adjunct Professor of Law (Criminal Procedure) at John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994. Senior Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Compliance and Enforcement Section, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-1993. Senior Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Professional Liability Section, Orlando, Florida.
Member Asset Freeze Task Force, 1991. Litigation Attorney and Criminal Referral Coordinator, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Division of Liquidation, Orlando, Florida, 1990-1991. Member, Board of Bar Examiners Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, 1988-1990.
Private Practice (Puerto Rico) Civil and Criminal Litigation in state, federal and appellate courts, 1976-1984. Assistant Professor of Law, University of Puerto Rico School of Law (Criminal Trial Advocacy, Criminal Law and Procedure), 1980-1984. Lecturer, Criminal and Civil Trial Practice to Legal Aid and Legal Services attorneys.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Catholic University School of Law (Criminal Procedure and Advanced Criminal Law) and Adjunct Professor of Business Law, Business Administration Department, 1977-1979. Consultant, Hispanic Criminal Justice Task Force, Office of the Mayor, New York City, 1975. Member: Dallas Bar Association.
State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Puerto Rico Bar Association. Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys.
Membership
Member, Board of Bar Examiners Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, 1988-1990. Private Practice (Puerto Rico) Civil and Criminal Litigation in state, federal and appellate courts, 1976-1984. Assistant Professor of Law, University of Puerto Rico School of Law (Criminal Trial Advocacy, Criminal Law and Procedure), 1980-1984.
Lecturer, Criminal and Civil Trial Practice to Legal Aid and Legal Services attorneys. Adjunct Professor of Law, Catholic University School of Law (Criminal Procedure and Advanced Criminal Law) and Adjunct Professor of Business Law, Business Administration Department, 1977-1979. Consultant, Hispanic Criminal Justice Task Force, Office of the Mayor, New York City, 1975.
Member: Dallas Bar Association. State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Puerto Rico Bar Association.
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Association of Federal Defense Attorneys.
