Puerto Rico Mental Health

ADOLFO FORTIER, LMSW, CASAC

**-** **** ***** ** Glendale NY 11385

917-***-**** ******.*******@*****.***

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS/LANGUAGES

. LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER (LMSW NY State #077292)

. CREDENTIALED ALCOHOL SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR (NY State #22060)

. CERTIFIED COGNITIVE/Rational Emotive BEHAVIOR THERAPIST (Albert Ellis

Institute #0541)

. Re-specialization Program-Institute Psychoanalytic Training-Research

(IPTAR-NY)

. Level I CERTIFICATION ACCELERATED EXPERIENTIAL DYNAMIC

PSYCHOTHERAPY.AEDPI-NY

. ANGER MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST I, National Anger Management

Association.NAMA.2011

. Certified Ellen Pence's DAIP-EDUCATING MEN WHO BATTER, Duluth, MN

. Fully Bilingual in English & Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

. CLINICAL CONSULTANT full-time 40 hrs/wk $54,000 USD 12/2008-

present

in Mental Health, Substance Abuse & Domestic Violence

Child Center of New York Clinical Consultation Program

NYC Administration for Children's Services

. My job is to assist child welfare workers and supervisors in

implementing best practices with children and families; offer case-

specific analyses as well as office-based trainings in mental health,

substance abuse, and domestic violence; provide specific advice on how

to transfer best practices from one case context to another; lead the

discussion about implementation of best practices depending on the

nature of the case, and the needs of each family; assist senior

management in transforming approaches that run counter to best

practices; identify organizational and attitudinal obstacles to the

needed innovations in child welfare work; recommend effective and

efficient ways of ensuring that children, youths and families are

connected to community-based services at appropriate levels of care

and in the least restrictive environment; summarize and analyze the

latest policy, legal and clinical research in written and verbal

reports and trainings to keep staff knowledge up to date about trends

and cutting-edge studies useful in performing their job.

. RESEARCH ASSISTANT in clinical social work 20 hrs/wk 7/05-6/06

Supervised research assistantship and literature review on sexual

violence and mental disorder.

. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS COUNSELOR 40 hrs/wk USD 36,000/44,000

o Greenwich House Chemical Dependency Program-CDP 37.5 hrs/wk

03/2004-08/2005 $36,000

o Metropolitan Corporation for Life Skills CDP 40 hrs/wk 06/2006-

11/2006 $44,000

. Conducted group & individual counseling with substance use disordered

clients and with violent sex offenders with a substance use disorder

and co-occurring mental disorder; performed psychosocial and substance

abuse assessments, which included level of care determinations;

developed treatment plans in collaboration with client and family and

an interdisciplinary team that included a psychiatrist, psychologist,

CASAC and clinical social worker; provided crisis intervention in

appropriate cases; applied knowledge and experience in medical and

mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures to

specific cases; established and maintained therapeutic alliances with

clients and their families; offered consultations to colleagues on the

impact of psychosocial stressors on the client and adherence to

treatment plan.

. INSTRUCTOR OF SOCIAL RESEARCH & CRIMINAL JUSTICE part-time 20hrs

o Interamerican University Metropolitan Campus 08/2002-01/2004

o Sacred Heart University, San Juan, PR (20 hr/week & USD 15,000

academic year)

. Social work research methods examined the research process applied to

the interests and needs of social work and social workers. Studies of

social work best practices were selected for review. The course

enabled students to think critically about social research, understand

the principles of research and the evaluation of social work

practices, become familiar with ethical considerations in the design

and implementation of a research project, and be capable of

participating in and discussing practice related research issues.

Criminal justice courses gave an overview of the development of

federal criminal law, which included a review and analysis of

substantive and procedural issues with an emphasis on the federal

Constitution and the Bill of Rights, an introductory understanding of

federal jurisdiction, the substantive content of constitutional

amendments and corresponding state provisions, and emphasizing recent

court cases and trends.

. ADMINISTRATOR LEGISLATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 40 hrs/wk 06/2001-

04/2002

. Legislative Services Office, San Juan, PR $48,000 USD

. The congressional and state legislative internship program offered

opportunities for undergraduate students to work as congressional and

state legislative staffers and provided them with hands-on experience

in the administration of government. Interns were chosen to work for

members of the Senate and House of Representatives at the federal and

state levels. As the administrator I sought out candidates with a

strong academic record, leadership skills, and a background in

community service and student government, and presented these

candidates for consideration of the selection committee. Also, I had

the responsibility of designing and organizing trainings which brought

prominent political science, public administration and law professors

as well as seasoned legislators and congressional leaders to speak to

the selected group of interns about the variety of issues they would

confront in Congress and in the State legislature; from policy

discussions to constitutional amendments to advice about pursuing a

successful career in politics, the training curriculum covered what

students needed to know about the internship. As interns students

performed a variety of administrative tasks and had the opportunity to

observe Congress and the State legislature firsthand and to instill

political awareness as well as skills. I made sure Congressional and

State legislative candidates attended meetings, hearings and briefings

to remain informed about current issues and learn to research and

report findings to their respective Congressperson or State

legislator.

. RESEARCH WRITING SPECIALIST 40 hrs/wk $44,000 USD 02/2000-

01/2001 Federal Public

Defender's Office, San Juan, PR

. As research and writing specialist I drafted motions, memoranda,

petitions, and briefs to be filed in the U.S. district court, the U.S.

court of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. I also provided case-

specific consultations to trial attorneys on legal issues arising in

discovery, motion practice, trial, sentencing, and appeal. I had to

demonstrate a proven capacity and clear aptitude for excellence in

criminal appellate defense practices, an unwavering commitment to the

representation of indigent defendants, and a reputation for personal

integrity. Finally, using computerized legal research and word

processing skills, I had to analyze and summarize legal issues from

lengthy, complex records, writing clearly and concisely.

. Criminal APPELLATE ATTORNEY 40 hrs/wk $24,000 USD

Appellate Division, Society for Legal Aid, San Juan, PR 5/1997-

01/2000

. As Appellate Attorney, I prepared and filed appeals of criminal court

convictions of indigent defendants handed down by Puerto Rico State

courts of first instance. In this position, I engaged in extensive

legal research and prepared and prepare to argue legal briefs. I also

filed petitions for review and for discretionary review, writs of

habeas corpus, and answered and opposed motions by the State

attorneys, attended and assisted trial attorneys with consultations

during hearings or trial, and served as a consultant and resource for

other appellate and trial attorneys in the Legal Aid Society.

. COMPLEX CIVIL LITIGATION ATTORNEY 40 hrs/wk salary+bonus

Law Offices of Jos Nicol s Medina Fuentes, San Juan,$24,000 USD

1995-1997

Law Offices of Adolfo Fortier, Esq., San Juan, PR 1994-1995

Fiddler, Gonz lez & Rodr guez Law Firm, San Juan, $36,000 USD 1993-

1994

. I was part of a legal team, first at FGR and then at Nicolas Medina

Law Firm, that specialized in litigating complex contract disputes

between businesses and between businesses and individuals. I worked

with businesses as well as individuals involved in a variety of

controversies, such as partnerships and shareholders conflicts, sales

of merchandise, licensing agreements, construction or real estate. I

engaged in the taking of depositions, interviewing witnesses,

reviewing documents, writing briefs and visiting dispute sites.

. LAW CLERK 40 hrs/wk $22,000 USD

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (Justice Hernandez-Denton) summer/fall

1991

Mexican-American Legal Defense & Education Fund,

. San Antonio, TX. Unpaid Internship

. spring/summer 1992

. Researching substantive issues of federal and state law (voting

rights, Section 1983, police misconduct), drafting legal memoranda,

opinions and orders, and attending court proceedings. Additional

duties include interacting with chambers staff, court personnel,

litigants and the public, assisting in settlement conferences,

preparing continuing legal education materials, and generally

providing trusted legal support to the judge or senior attorney.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate New York University Silver School of Social Work 2005-

present

Dissertation Proposal: "Street-level Bureaucrat's Accountability in Child

Welfare & Juvenile Justice"

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK, University of Puerto Rico Beatriz Lassalle School of

Social Work

Concentration: Families with Children (Micro and Macro practices)

JURIS DOCTOR (magna cum laude), University of Puerto Rico School of Law

MASTER OF DIVINITY, Harvard University Divinity School

BACHELOR OF ARTS, Duke University (Trinity College of Arts and Science)

Double Major: Religion & Political Science

Senior Thesis: Independent Study under F Herzog on Latin American

Liberation

Theology

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS/STUDIES ABROAD

. Duke University

Sophomore Honors

Magna Cum Laude

. Harvard University Divinity School

Fund for Theological Education Scholarship

HANA (United Methodist) Scholarship

. University of Puerto Rico School of Law

Editor-in-Chief of Law Review

High Honors (Altos Honores)

. Full-Tuition Scholarship

Manuel Rodr guez Ramos Medal for Distinguished Service as

Editor in Chief

Benicio S nchez Casta o Medal for Best Criminal Law Student

Class of 1991

. New York University Silver School of Social Work

Full Tuition Scholarship

Glass Scholarship (Research Assistant to Prof. Rosemarie Perez-

Foster)

. sHANGHAI JIATONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Chinese Culture & Language Study Program, Spring-Summer 2007

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

. Fortier, A. (2010). The Policy of Civil Commitment for Sex Offenders

and the Concept of Mental Disorder: A Literature Review, IV Ethos (Journal

of the Government of PR Ethics Office)

. . (2003). "The house that Jack built": the federalization of

residential robbery in Puerto Rico under the Hobbs Act. Revista del

Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico, 63.

. . (2000). "Can you imagine?": the internationalization of

federal criminal law. Revista del Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico, 61.

. . (1999). "The devil's own": La culpabilidad bajo la Ley

Uniforme de Valores de Puerto Rico. Revista del Colegio de Abogados de

Puerto Rico, 60.

. . (1992). El principio de legalidad: apuntes para un

an lisis cr tico (article). Revista Jur dica de la Universidad de Puerto

Rico/UPR Law Review, 61.

. . (1991). El movimiento Critical legal studies en los

Estados Unidos, Revista de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de

Colombia.

. . (1990). The moral foundation of rights y el dilema

fundamental del liberalismo jur dico. Revista Jur dica de la Universidad

de Puerto Rico/UPR Law Review, 59.

. . (1989). A guide to critical legal studies: las

contradicciones del liberalismo en el derecho. Revista Jur dica de la

Universidad de Puerto Rico/UPR Law Review, 58.

. . (1989). Law's empire: el lenguaje de la metaf sica en el

derecho Revista Jur dica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico/UPR Law Review,

58

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