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Fernando Trevino-Martinez.

In 1999 Fernando graduated from the Nuevo Leon State University School of Law. During his last year in Law School he acted as General Coordinator of the Student Bar Association, and worked for the regional office of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Finishing Law School, Fernando held a 6 month internship in the Consulate General of Mexico in San Antonio, TX. In May of 2000 he was hired as staff attorney for the Consulate of Mexico in Eagle Pass, TX. He worked for the Department of Consular and Legal Assistance, consulting with clients on criminal and immigration matters, and assisting in the Consulate’s investigations of human right violations by immigration authorities.

In January of 2002 Fernando relocated to the Consulate General of Mexico in New Orleans, LA, where he coordinated legal research for federal inmates and followed their deportation procedures.

In August 2002 Fernando moved to Philadelphia to take charge of the Consulate’s criminal division, supervising death penalty and other high profiles cases, organizing seminars to assist public defenders and private attorneys in the representation of Mexican nationals, and assuring the Consular access to local and federal prisons mandated by the Vienna Convention. He also helped develop a novel program entitled “Legal Assistance on Tuesdays,” which provided free legal assistance to the Philadelphia Mexican community featuring volunteer legal advice from renowned local attorneys.

In 2007, recognizing a clamoring need in the community, he joined with several local lawyers to form a new law firm, Oficina de Abogados, dedicated to providing legal assistance to the Spanish-speaking population in the tri-state area.

Throughout his career, Fernando has demonstrated a firm commitment to bilingual legal services for foreign nationals facing complex criminal charges and human rights violations.In recognition, in March of 2008 the Philadelphia Bar Association’s International Law Committee awarded Fernando with The International Law Award, for outstanding achievement in international law or human rights.

Fernando is a LL.M part-time student in Temple School of Law and expects to graduate in the fall semester of 2008.