I am a solo practitioner with 17 years of experience in federal court. My main areas of practice are federal criminal law, bankruptcy, civil rights litigation, and lawsuits against the federal government.I have practiced federal law at all levels, district court, circuit courts of appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Some noteworthy decisions are:U.S.v. Gandia-Maysonet, 227 F. 3d 1 (1st Cir. 2000); U.S. v. Hernandez-Wilson, 186 F. 3d 1 (1st Cir. 1999); U.S. v. Colón-Torres, 382 F.3d 76 (1st Cir. 2004); U.S.v. Carrasco-Mateo, 389 F. 3d 239 (1st Cir. 2004)(The Cour referred to my arguments as “ingenious”); U.S. v. Cruzado-Laureano, 404 F.3d 470 (1st Cir. 2005), 440 F. 3d 44 (1st Cir. 2006), 527 F.3d 231 (1st Cir. 2008); and Cordero-Hernandez v. Hernandez-Ballesteros, 449 F. 3d 240, 257 (1st Cir. 2006) (Senior Justice Cyr, strongly dissenting, called my work “exemplary.”)