Virna L. Santos

Virna L. Santos

also known as Virna L. Santos

Judicial

About Virna

Licenses

Licensed in California for 35 years

State: California

Acquired: 1990

Judicial

No misconduct found


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Work Experience

2017 - 2017

Advocacy Professor, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Penales (INACIPE), Mexico City

2016 - 2018

Federal Legal Research and Writing, University of Puerto Rico, School of Law

2009 - 2014

Regional Director for Judicial Studies, U.S. Department Of Justice, Criminal Div.

1995 - 2009

Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney's Office Eastern District Of California

1993 - 1995

Judicial Law Clerk to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Associations

2014 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

Member

2006 - 2007

State Bar of California, Ethnic Minority Relations

Chairperson

2003 - 2007

State Bar of California, Ethnic Minority Relations

Member

2001 - 2007

Fresno County Women Lawyers

Member

2001 - 2007

Fresno County Bar Association

Member

1999 - 2002

State Bar of California, Federal Courts Committee

Member

Education

1990

Harvard University Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1983

Univ of California at Los Angeles

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

English

Spanish

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