Born in 1954, member of Facio & Cañas since 1982. Member of the Costa Rican Bar Association since 1978. Member of the International Association of Jewish Attorneys since 1986.
Course on Customs Improvement, Institute for the International Cooperation, Berlin, Germany (1980).
Licenciado en Derecho, Universidad de Costa Rica (1978).

Academic Experience:

• Instructor, course on the New Customs Statute. Superior Institute for Administrative Law (1995).
• Instructor, course on Customs Valuation, Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (1990).
• Professor, course on Financial and Tax Law, Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica, UACA (1984).
• Professor, Customs Proceedings, Universidad de Costa Rica (1980-1981).
• Professor, Comercial Law, Universidad de Costa Rica (1981).

Public Offices:

• Advisor to the Customs Bill Comission (1995).
• General Director of Financial Affairs, Ministry of Finance (1981-1982).
• Deputy Manager Customs Service (1979-1981).

Other offices:

• Member, Task Force Committee of the World Zionist Organization (1997- )
• Delegate, World Zionist Congress (1987).
• Director, Centro Israelita Sionista de Costa Rica, (1986-1994).
• President, Jewish Community and Jewish Federation of Costa Rica, (1996-2001).

Publications:

Legal Issues on the Costa Rican Family. Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, 1976 (Coauthor).

Civil Lawcase of the Higher Court of Appeals . Editorial Universitaria, San José, 1977 (Co-researcher).

Criminality and Media , en IMESC, year IV, Nº6, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1979 and in Law Review de Informacao Legislativa, Brasilia, Brasil, 1979 (Author).

The Productive Sector: Crisis and Perspectives .  Coauthor with Enrique Vázquez of the chapter on the legal approach of the topic. Editorial Porvenir, San José, 1983.
Collaborator, several articles for Revista Hayom, in the Israeli Center of Costa Rica.

Languages: Spanish, English, and Hebrew.