Education
University of Panama (Bachelor of Law and Political Science, 1959); Central University of Madrid, Spain (Doctor of Law, 1962).

Experience
Chief Justice of Panama's Supreme Court (1990-1993); as a member of Central American Judicial Council; Member of the Central American Court of Justice; President of the Fifth Meeting of the Supreme Courts of Justice from Central America and Panama (June 1994); served as P a n a m a 's representative to the Banking Law Experts Committee for the Latin American Banking Federation (FELABAN); President, Justice Commission of the Panamanian Bar Association (1982-1983); Vice-President, Panamanian Bar Association (1967); Secretary of the First Superior Court of Justice (1958-1959).

Associations
Panamanian Bar Association; Procedural Law Institute; and Institute of Banking Law.