ROSALIA ROMAN   "ON LEAVE"



PRACTICE AREAS

• Corporate law
• Real Estate law
• Insurance law

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate, BLP Abogados, January 2004-Present
• Grupo Juvenil Ministerial, Presidential palace of the Republic of Costa Rica. Coordinator and Member. April 2007-Present. Coordinator of the program and advisor for the Treasury Department of Costa Rica
• Costa Rica´s congress advisor, Advisor to the congress representative María de los Ángeles Antillón, President of Partido Liberación Nacional regarding the Draft Bill of liberalization of the Costa Rican insurance market, August 2006-Present
• Link Investments, Advisor of technology entrepreneurs, February 2007- Present
• Legal Assistant, BLP Abogados, March 2003 - December 2004
• UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Advisor, March 2004 - July 2004
• Consumer Defense, Legal advisor, September 2002 - September 2003
• University of Costa Rica, Academic Assistant, July - December 2002
• KPMG Abogados, Legal Assistant, March 2001 - March 2002

EDUCATION

• University of Costa Rica, Licentiate Degree in Law (Summa Cum Laude) 2006
• Author of the graduation thesis “Supervisión del Mercado de Seguros y Reaseguros Costarricense: Retos Planeados por el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos de América, Centroamérica y la República Dominicana", 2006 (Summa Cum Laude)
• University of Costa Rica, Law Baccalaureate (Summa Cum Laude), 2000-2004

LANGUAGES

• English, Spanish and French

MEMBERSHIPS

• Costa Rican Bar Association, May 2006- Present
• Star Network, Stewart Title Insurance, December 2006-Present
• Association of Entrepreneurs for Development, Member, March 2006-March 2007
• Costa Rican - American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), Member of Legal Affairs Committee, August 2004 – December 2005
• Scholarship Commission, Law School, University of Costa Rica, Founder, Director and Student Representative, March 2003 - April 2004
• Law Students Association, University of Costa Rica, Executive Secretary, November 2002 - November 2003
• Law School Committee, University of Costa Rica, Student Representative, November 2002 - November 2003

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• University of Costa Rica, Highest average of the University of Costa Rica (35,000 students at national level), 2004
• University of Costa Rica, Highest average of the Social Sciences Area, 2004
• University of Costa Rica, Highest average of the Law School, 2004