Rodney R. Hernandez, Esq. Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Fl, Us

Orlando, Florida, United States

Aguada, Puerto Rico

Demonstrate strategic planning and organizational skills in proficiently steering case projects from initiation, and discovery through court trial. Exhibit leadership and prioritizing abilities in performing a broad range of legal and firm management activities.• Represented associations, businesses, corporations, nonprofit corporations and individuals from the onset of litigation through trial in a variety of matters including inheritance, torts, family, breach of contracts, insurance claims, civil lawsuit, criminal cases, financing cases, and commercial litigation.• Represented clients at depositions, alternative dispute mediation hearings and during settlement negotiations.• Research complex legal issues and prepared pleadings, motions and brief for federal trials, state trials and administrative courts.• Drafted, analyzed, and negotiate various contracts, including residential and commercial leases, service agreements and complex settlement agreements.• Developed detailed litigation strategies for each case.• Represent national corporations, middle-market companies, and other entities across a broad range of business disputes, torts, and civil litigation in state and federal courts with a proven history of generating successful results for clients.• Litigated and manage complex commercial matters, such as fraud, trade secret, restrictive covenant litigation, business torts, employment matter and partnership and shareholder disputes.• Corporate Law Clients: Aguada Medical Center, Inc., is a medical facility with an emergency room, Blue Water Rincon, LLC. a corporation developing a hotel in Rincon Puerto Rico, Bamola, Inc. retail and online baby store, Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito de Aguada a financial institution in Puerto Rico. • Government Affairs Clients: Puerto Rico Comptroller Office, Puerto Rico Police Academy, Aguada Municipal Legislature, Puerto Rico Cultural Institute, Puerto Rico Department of Education.

Orlando, Florida, United States

Provide legal representation for refugees, immigrants and eligible individuals to obtain permanent residence in the United States. Assists clients with request for Asylum and alternative methods for protection for deportation.• Represented clients for Asylum, Removal Defense, Petitions, Visas and Naturalization Process. Also experience in handling Appeals before the BIA. Experience working with family based and business-based immigration (H-1B, Perm, among others).• Advocate for asylum seekers fleeing their home countries.• Interview prospective clients to facilitate their representation and conducted follow upinterviews with clients via telephone, email, social media and in person.• Performed case research on immigration law for people from Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico,Nicaragua, Peru, Haiti, Philippines and Moldova.• Prepare clients for hearings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review.• Supervising the completion of all relevant immigration and visa documents and the clientsfile.• Reviewing and ensuring that all information provided by the client was accurate andcorrect as well as preparing and checking all the legal documents and applications.

Aguada, Puerto Rico

• Provide legal risk-management strategies to the President and members of the Municipal Legislature. • Provide legal advice and assistance in dealing with procurement initiatives. • Provide legal advice across regarding the Municipal Autonomy Act and municipal regulation to all the commissions, and sessions in the Municipal Legislature.• Provide legal advice regarding internal regulations, regulations for the city, resolutions and ordinance that are going to be evaluated by the members of the Legislature.• Provide legal advice for the development the public policy of the Mayor of the City and the President of Municipal Legislature.• Trail Lawyer of the Legislature in all administrative cases against the government agencies.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Comptroller Office of Puerto Rico is the agency responsible for auditing all local and federal funds of the government of Puerto Rico, its agencies, public corporations, and municipalities. Responsible for advising the Comptroller of Puerto Rico on all complex regulatory, statutory, and administrative law matters at the local and federal level.• Interpret existing laws, regulations, and ordinances, formulate strategic plans, and propose solutions compliance issues.• Review and provided legal analysis on proposed and state regulations.• Developed, review and provided legal analysis for internal regulations and procedures of the agency. • Provided legal analysis, opinions and memorandums to the Comptroller of Puerto Rico related state and federal laws and related to the proper use of the property and publics funds of the government of Puerto Rico.• Provided legal analysis on ethics, fraud, embezzlement of the property and publics funds of the government of Puerto Rico.• Provided training and orientations to government officials and provide guidance to maintain sound management of the property and public funds.

Gurabo, Puerto Rico

• Provide legal advice to the Auxiliar Superintendent and the Board of Directors of Police Academy of Puerto Rico.• Provide legal advice to the accounting, human resources, finance departments g the agency. • Provide legal advice regarding internal regulations for all the departments of the Police Academy• Provide legal advice for the development the public policy of the Auxiliar Superintendent and the Board of Directors of Police Academy of Puerto Rico.• Served as a point of contact between the agencies, municipalities, and Legislature of Puerto Rico.• Appointed by the Board of Director to review and audit fraud matters on the Police Academy.• Successfully represent the Puerto Rico Police Academy on the First Instance Courts, Appeals Court and Supreme Courts on all civil and the administrative cases.• I’m also responsible of development the public policy of the Police Superintendent in the Police Department and the Police Academy.

Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico

• Provide legal services and effectively manage assigned cases as per rules of law.• Preside administrative proceedings concerning the provisions of the Puerto Rico Native Music Act.• Protect rights of the parties in the hearing while maintaining full regulatory compliance.• Develop and maintain the record identity and qualify admissible evidence presented during hearing and evaluate and assign proper weight to all testimony in rendering decisions.• Thoroughly and accurately state specific findings of fact and conclusions of law. Ensure decisions are written for a clear understanding by all involved parties while maintaining legal basis.• I’m also responsible of development the public policy of the Agency with other government agencies and municipalities of Puerto Rico.• As Administrative Judge, I received documentary and testimonial evidence presented by the parties involved in the administrative case, examine the evidence presented by the parties, and issue a final resolution on whether the city violated or agencies have the provision of the Puerto Rico Native Music Act.• During my time as Administrative Judge I preside more than 30 administrative trials.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Comptroller Office of Puerto Rico is the agency responsible for auditing all local and federal funds of the government of Puerto Rico, its agencies, public corporations and municipalities. As an Auditor I was responsible for:• Established a baseline for data accuracy, analyzed audit results to identify root cause and provide recommendations for improvements• Designed and implemented risk assessments and audit plan recommendations.• Identified training gaps and inefficiencies in key operational process to improve flowaccurate data.• Review accounts and ordering trends to identify fraud, managed fraud cases frominitiation through close out.• Employed accounting and investigative skills to uncover inconsistencies. Performedextensive research utilizing internal databases, as well as through written and verbalresources to gather and analyze all case data.• Responsible for risk assessments, audit program planning, fieldwork, improvementrecommendations, as well as orally presenting findings ad writing audit reports.• Develop work plans and auditing programs to fulfill the objectives of the governmentalaudit.• Analyze and study the laws, regulations, operational procedures, internal controls,internal regulations and other normative documents suitable for governmentalentities.• Interviewing government officials and government employees.• Data analysis of the fiscal and administrative operations of the agency.• Supervise the employee, and daily workflow performance.• Prepare and deliver orientations and trainings for government officials in relation topublic administration.• Preparing writing audit reports establishing the deficiencies encounter during the auditingprocess.• Labor Relations. Guarantee the fulfillment of the legal dispositions in labor matters.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting, Cum Laude

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: President of Student Body Council 1997-1998