Place and Date of Birth: Guatemala City, November 20, 1953.
Marital status: Married with three children
Education:
Bachelor of Science and Letters "Liceo Guatemala." 1971.
Lawyer and Notary. "Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala". 1982. Academia Degrees in Legal and Social Sciences.
Master Degree in Business Law. “Universidad Rafael Landivar”. 1989.
Specialization in Human Rights and Constitutional Defense Order. “Universidad Rafael Landivar”. 1992.
Post Degree on Industrial and Intellectual Property. “Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala”. 1997.
Master Degree on Intellectual Property. “Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala”. 2003.
Post Degree in Philosophy “Universidad Francisco Marroquín”. 2005-2007.
Languages:
Spanish (mother tongue)
English (speaking, reading and writing)
Other Courses:
"III Advance Course on Problems in Industrial Relations". Centro Universitario Ciudad Vieja. 1979.
“Notary Public Course”. Centro Universitario Ciudad Vieja. 1982.
"Eloquence Techniques I". Escuela Superior de Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Francisco Marroquín. 1983.
"Course on Notarial and Registry Law". Instituto Argentino de Cultura Notarial e Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1984.
"Regime on Proprietary Interest in a Cooperative Apartment House". Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1984.
“Silva Method of Mind Control”. Silva Mind Control, C.A. 1987.
"The Financial Contracts". Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1987.
“Reforms to the Adoption Law”. Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1988.
“Court Law”. Corte Suprema de Justicia y Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala. 1989.
"Eloquence Techniques II". Escuela Superior de Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Francisco Marroquín. 1989.
“Voluntary Jurisdiction in Notarial Court”. Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1989.
“Financial and Tax Contracts”. Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1990.
“Court Law”. Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1991.
“The Reform of the Real State Registry”. Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial y Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala. 1991.
“Law of Free Trades”. National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. 1995.
“Financial and Tax Contracts”. Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1996.
“International Business Law”. Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional (CNUDMI). 1999.
“Bank and Stock Exchange”. Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial. 1999.
“IV Course on Good Practice for Clinical Investigation and I Course for Ethics Committee”. Asociación de Medicina Interna de Guatemala y Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). 2003.
“International Trade”. University of San Francisco. Alta Dirección. Guatemala. 2004.
IV) Commissions:
Secretary to the board “Guatemalan Hotel Entrepreneurs Association”. 1982.
Commission to Revise and Update Resolutions of Legal Congress. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1983-1984.
Commission on the Constitution and Procedural Law of “XII Congreso Jurídico Guatemalteco". Antigua Guatemala. 1987.
Founder Member “Asociación Colombo-Guatemalteca de Comercio y Servicios”. 1988.
Founder Member “Trade Law Institute”. 1989.
Secretary to the Board of “Trade Law Institute”. 1989-1990.
In Charge of Logistics (Grade: Sergeant 1st. of Infantry). Special Command of Military Reserves of the Republic. Guatemalan Army. 1990.
Vice-president of the Board. “Trade Law Institute” 1990-1991.
Director. “Tribunal de Honor” del Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala. 1990-1991.
Founder Member of “Family Law Institute”. 1993.
Director of the Board “Family Law Institute”. 1993-1994.
President of the Board “Family Law Institute”. 1995-1996.
Secretary of the Board “Guatemala City Rotary Club”. 2001-2002.
Director of the Occupation Committee. “Guatemala City Rotary Club”. 2003-2004.
Member of “Ethics Committee for Investigation of the Hospital Centro Medico”. 2003-2008.
Master of Ceremonies “Guatemala City Rotary Club” 2006-2007.
President of the Board “Guatemala City Rotary Club”. 2007-2008.
Distinctions and Recognitions:
Recognition Diploma for Speaker at Conferences. “Guatemalan Management Association. 1982.
Recognition Diploma for Assistant to the Board of “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1984-1985.
Recognition Diploma for Speaker at Conferences “Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala”, “Instituto Interamericano del Niño”, “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala” and “Secretaria de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia”. 1987.
Recognition Diploma Speaker for Conferences. “Instituto de Derecho Mercantil”. 1990.
Recognition Diploma for Merits. “Tribunal de Honor del Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1991.
Recognition Diploma for Merits. “Instituto de Derecho de Familia”. 1994.
Recognition Diploma Speaker for Conferences. “Instituto de Derecho de Familia”. 1995.
Diploma for Merit of Honor. “Instituto de Derecho de Familia”. 1996.
Recognition Diploma Speaker for Conferences “Universidad Rural de Guatemala”. 1999.
VI) Congress and Professional Meetings
XII American Meeting of Latin Notaries. “Unión Interamericana del Notariado Latino”. 1983.
I National Meeting of Lawyers and Notaries. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1988.
VIII Congress of the Iberoamerican Union of Lawyers Colleges and Lawyers Groups. “UIBA”. 1988.
II Iberoamerican Congress on IT and Law. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala” y “Centro Regional para la Enseñanza de la Informática” (CREI). 1989.
VII Congress on Family Law. “Comité Organizador del Congreso Nacional sobre Derecho de Familia de la República de El Salvador”. 1992.
XII Legal Guatemalan Congress. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1987.
XIII Legal Guatemalan Congress. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1991.
XIV Legal Guatemalan Congress. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1993.
XV Legal Guatemalan Congress. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala”. 1995.
XVI Legal Guatemalan Congress. “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala” 1997.
Central American and Caribbean Notary Meeting. “Unión Internacional de Notariado Latino” in collaboration with “Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala” and “El Instituto Guatemalteco de Derecho Notarial”. 2003.
VII) Works and Essays:
“El Seguro de Cesantía”. Ediciones Superiores. Guatemala, C.A. 1982.
“Los Contratos de Licencia y Transferencia Tecnológica”. 1986.
“La Letra de Cambio y sus Implicaciones Tributarias”. 1989.
“Bases para un Tratado Tipo sobre Adopciones Internacionales” (en colaboración). Magazine of the Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala No. 37. 1992.
“Derecho de Autor y Derecho Marcario: Conceptos y Diferencias”. 2000.
“Implicaciones del Nombre Comercial en la Ley de Propiedad Industrial”. 2000.
“La Tradición Jurídica Romano Canónica”. 2000.
“Principios y Tendencias Jurídicas Contemporáneas y su Influencia en el Requisito de Uso de las Marcas”. 2000.
“El Genoma Humano”. 2001.
“La Autoejecutoriedad en el Convenio de Berna y la Legislación Guatemalteca”. 2001.
VIII) Work Experience:
Director of the Law Firm “Enrique Toledo Cotera & Asociados – Abogados Consultores” since 1982. (The Firm has one Lawyer Director y four Lawyers Associates).
Director and Member of the Legal Firm “ARTlex – Intellectual Property Consulting” since 2001. (The Professional Association has three Partners and one associate).
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