Professional Background
Jose earned his Juris Doctorate at Saint Thomas University, College of Law where he graduated Cum Laude and received the Intercultural Human Rights Certificate. Jose received the CALI Book Awards in Trial Advocacy Practice - Fall 2021, Seminar: International Law in the 21st Century – Spring 2022, and The Right to Integral Human Development – Spring 2023.
In law school, Jose was a founding member and treasurer of the Fashion Law Society, and in the Fall of 2023, had an article publication with American University, Washington College of Law on the topic of international bribery and corruption.
Throughout law school, Jose clerked with several litigation firms, with practices ranging from multiparty business litigation, real estate transactional disputes, insurance fraud, personal and bodily injury, products liability, class actions, mass tort, civil RICO, and social securities and disabilities.
Prior to law school, Jose attended Saint John’s University in Minnesota, where he received a double major in Political Science and English with a creative writing focus.
Publications
American University, International Law Review Volume 38 Issue 4 - “A Comparative Analysis of Domestic and International Legislation on Combatting International Bribery & Corruption”