Curriculum Vitae

Rolando Emmanuelli Jiménez , J.D., LL.M.

Attorney, Executive Leader & Public Policy Advocate

Diverse legal background with 20 years’ experience providing leadership to and advising on a variety of business development, marketing, operational, and strategic planning functions to include litigation, corporate compliance, high-level negotiations, and commercial contracts, among others. Wide ranging expertise across an array of industries and sectors such as healthcare, pharmaceutical, technology, government, and commercial / residential. Serve as public legal expert and leader through university-level instruction, publication, weekly participation in print and broadcast media, and executive roles within community and professional organizations.

Public / Private Corporations

In-House & Outside Counsel

Health Law & Compliance

Domestic & International Trade

IT & Intellectual Property Law

High-stake Commercial Transactions

Litigation & Arbitration Management

Lobbying and Government Relations

Business Management & Technology

Labor & Employment Law

Professional Experience

Bufete Emmanuelli, P.S.C., Ponce, Puerto Rico

President & CEO (1998 – present)

Partner (1992 – 1998)

Assume full responsibility in all areas of both firm operations, serving as chief litigation attorney and overseeing all senior leaders, attorneys, and administrative professionals. Manage finance, marketing, customer acquisition, relations, and retention activities, and public relations; lead firm strategic planning, operational procedure and process design, and community participation. Provide firm website design and management. Litigate the full range of civil and criminal cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.

♣Served as Law Clerk (1984 – 1986), Trial Lawyer (1987 – 1989), and key member of software design team for Bufete law office administration and litigation support software (1988 – 1992).

♣Attorney for First Hospital Corporation and its subsidiaries, developing security protocols for the institution related to risk management and administration of drugs; participated in the institution's quality control and management committee, litigation and corporate advisory.

♣Initiated and launched a legal entrepreneur academy, providing five annual seminars to promote participation in the global economy; the effort has resulted in 300% increase in firm business.

♣Author a weekly column in a regional newspaper La Perla del Sur, covering current issues from a legal  and commercial perspective.

♣Counsel HMOs, pharmacies, and drug distribution companies such as Caribe Rx and Baco Drug Center in areas such as labor, collection, corporate affairs, risk management, and government permits.

S.E. Desarrolladores, S.E., Ponce, Puerto Rico

Partner, 2003 – Present

Provide sales, marketing, and legal leadership to residential development firm focused on single-family dwellings and communities and apartment complexes.

Zaspy Software, Caguas, Puerto Rico

Vice President, 2001 – Present

Serve in executive capacity for application development organization, providing leadership to projects oriented toward leveraging internet technology towards automation of routine business operations such as customer service and relations and website content management. Feature products revolve around specialized intranets for professionals such as attorneys and CPAs.

Designing application slated to be employed by the Puerto Rican Bar Association to manage educational data for more than 13,000 attorneys.

WPAB Radio 550, Ponce, Puerto Rico

On-Air Legal Analyst, 1996 – Present

Lead weekly radio program, “Due Process of Law,” providing and facilitating expert discussions of legal issues.

♣Program has run for 13 years and is widely praised for its educational function to the community. 

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Law School, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Law Professor, 1989 – 1992 & 1995 – 2005

Developed curricula and provided instruction to students in a range of topics including Evidence, Penal Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Legal Aid Clinic, Legal Research, and Computers and the Law.

♣Founding member of Eugenio Maria de Hostos Law School and served in various capacities including Admissions Committee President and Board of Directors President; overseeing accreditation, fundraising, strategic development planning and lobbying efforts with Judicial, Executive and Legislative Branches.

♣Appointed to Editorial Board Associate Member of PCUPR’s Puerto Rican Law Review, in recognition of distinguished performance on behalf of the Review.

♣Served as PCUPR Law School’s Hiring, Rank, and Tenure Committee President.

Education And Credentials

Master of Laws (LL.M.) (1992)

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico – Ponce, Puerto Rico

Summa cum laude

Academic Excellence Award

Award to Best Student in the Field of General Master’s Degree in Law

Juris Doctor (1986)

University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Magna cum laude

Pedro Albizu Campos Award for championing student rights, Law School Student Council

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1983)

University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Magna cum laude

Licensure

Licensed to Practice Law in the District of Puerto Rico • Court admissions: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit • U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico

Publications

1.Emmanuelli, Rolando, Prontuario de Derecho Probatorio Puertorriqueno  (Compendium of Puerto Rican Evidence Law), Editora Corripio, 1994. Second edition, Ediciones Situm, 2005.

     Used as textbook in Puerto Rican law schools and evidence courses. Cited as an authority by the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals and the Puerto Rico Supreme Court.

2.Emmanuelli, Rolando, “The Teaching of Law and the Technological Revolution: Experiences at the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico,” Puerto Rican Law Review, Faculty of the School of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1991.

3.Emmanuelli, Rolando, “Constitutional Analysis on the Offense of Menace: Article 153, Penal Code of Puerto Rico,” Puerto Rican Law Review, Faculty of the School of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1990.

4.Emmanuelli, Rolando, “Constitutional Analysis on the Offense of Disturbance of the Peace: Article 260, Penal Code of Puerto Rico,” University of Puerto Rico Law Review, University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 1986.

Professional Associations

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Member, Permanent Advisory Panel - Rules of Evidence, 2006 - Present

Alianza Pro sur, president 2009- present

Integral Development of the South (DISUR), Vice President, 2009- present

Southern Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce

President, 2005 – 2006

First Vice President, President, Committee of Strategic Planning, 2004 – 2005

Second Vice President, President, Committee of New Membership, 2003 – 2004

Director, President, Resolutions Committee, 2002 – 2003

Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce

Director, 2005 – 2006

Member, Technology Committee, Commission of Young Entrepreneurs, 2001 – 2002

Puerto Rico Forensic Sciences Association, Honorary Member, Legal Advisor, 2004 – Present

Advisory Board of the Small Business Development Center, Member, 2002 – 2003

Puerto Rico Bar Association, Member, Committee on Technology, 2001 – 2002

Honors

Legal Publication of the Year, Compendium of Puerto Rican Evidence Law

Puerto Rico Bar Association, 1995Minority Entrepreneur of the Year, Minority Business Administration, 1994

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