Background
Beckerleg, William H. was born on March 18, 1921 in Marquette, Michigan, United States.
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William H. Beckerleg
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Northern Michigan University. George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1948). Spoken languages: English and Spanish.
Career
Worked at Woods & Woods (San Juan, Puerto Rico) specializing in General Civil Practice and Litigation in Commonwealth and Federal Courts, Real Estate, Admiralty, Administrative, Taxation, Corporation, Labor, Banking, Antitrust, Securities, Insurance, Estate, Aviation and Bankruptcy Law. Television (CAble TeleVision) and General Communications Law. Admitted to the bar, 1948, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
1949, United States.
District Court, District of Puerto Rico and District of Columbia and United States. Court of Appeals, First and District of Columbia Circuits. Editor, Northern Michigan University Newspaper, 1941.
Member, George Washington University Law Review, 1947-1948.
Adjunct Professor, Bankruptcy, Inter-American University School of Law, 1976. United States. Bankruptcy Judge, Puerto Rico, 1978-1986.
Referee in Bankruptcy: Puerto Rico, 1950-1969. United States. Virgin Islands, 1958-1970.
United States. Conciliation Commissioner for Puerto Rico, 1950-1969.
Attorney, Department of Justice, 1959 and Office of Industrial Tax Exemption, 1950, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Member and President, Selective Service Board, Rio Piedras and San Juan, 1972-1976. Member, Advisory Board, Colegio de San Jose, 1970-1972.
Director, First Circuit - National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 1985-1986.
Member: Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico. District of Columbia Bar.
Federal Bar Association (Director, 1971-1973). National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.
American Judicature Society.
Military: With Michigan National Guard, 1938-1940. Lieutenant Commander United States. Navy, 1940-1946
Woods & Woods was founded in 1959 by Harry East. Woods, originally from New York, who soon after coming to Puerto Rico, became one of the leading litigation and corporate lawyers on the island.
Today the firm, representing a broad segment of the corporate and financial community, offers a full range of legal services, with specialized litigation expertise in both Federal and Commonwealth courts and with additional areas of concentration in, amongst others, corporate, commercial, bankruptcy and estate law.
Achievements
Membership
Member, George Washington University Law Review, 1947-1948. Adjunct Professor, Bankruptcy, Inter-American University School of Law, 1976. United States. Bankruptcy Judge, Puerto Rico, 1978-1986.
Referee in Bankruptcy: Puerto Rico, 1950-1969.
United States. Virgin Islands, 1958-1970. United States. Conciliation Commissioner for Puerto Rico, 1950-1969.
Attorney, Department of Justice, 1959 and Office of Industrial Tax Exemption, 1950, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Member and President, Selective Service Board, Rio Piedras and San Juan, 1972-1976.
Member, Advisory Board, Colegio de San Jose, 1970-1972.
Director, First Circuit - National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 1985-1986. Member: Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico. District of Columbia Bar.
Federal Bar Association (Director, 1971-1973).
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. American Judicature Society.
Military: With Michigan National Guard, 1938-1940. Lieutenant Commander United States.
Navy, 1940-1946.
