Real Estate Insurance

CHRISTINE MARIE MARRERO

* ** * ****** * VENUE C ORAL G ABLES, F L . 3 3156; T EL : ( 305) 4 96 - 4408;

E MAIL : C HRISTINEM 20@ GMAIL . COM

PROFILE SUMMARY Fluent in Spanish and French.

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Extensive experience with a boutique litigation firm as well as a judicial internship.

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Admitted to practice law in the state of Florida.

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L EGAL E XPERIENCE RIVERO MESTRE LLP, MIAMI, FL SUMMER 2013

S ummer A ssociate

• Prepared an amicus brief to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals relating to

federal common law preemption.

• Researched and edited a motion for judgment on the pleadings, which sought to

dismiss the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s third largest bank failure

lawsuit against former bank directors and officers.

• Researched and prepared a motion to dismiss relating to the Truth In Lending

Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

• Prepared case summaries and analysis of new matters, including a derivative

and direct claim under Florida’s securities laws.

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC SPRING 2013

Externship and Supervised Fieldwork

• Formed a litigation team, devised strategy, propounded discovery, and prepared

an amicus brief relating to free speech challenges under the First Amendment.

• Responded to discovery, prepared deposition outlines, and prepared appellate

and trial-level briefing relating to the HHS mandate’s ability to trump religious

institutions’ right to the protections afforded by the Religious Freedom

Restoration Act.

11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA-FAMILY DIVISION, MIAMI, FL SUMMER 2012

J udicial Intern for the Honorable George A. Sarduy

• Drafted multiple orders, ranging from orders denying motions for rehearing to

orders addressing assets and timeshare.

• Researched Eleventh Circuit cases concerning child timeshare and relocation

T HE C ATHOLIC U NIVERSITY OF A MERICA C OLUMBUS S CHOOL

EDUCATION 2011-2014

O F L AW, WASHINGTON, DC

J uris Doctor, May 20 14

Honors: Dean’s List (Spring 2014); Faculty Fellowship Award;

Activities: Member of Latin American Law Student Association and Cuban-

American Bar Association

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FL 2007-2011

B.A., in International Studies and Minor in French Literature

Honors: Dean’s List (two semesters); Provost Honor Roll; Member of Phi Sigma

Pi National Honor Fraternity; Member of Pi Delta Phi National French Honor

Society

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, LONDON, ENGLAND SUMMER 2010

Participated in International Law: Human Rights Seminar

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Member of The Carrollton Alumnae Lawyers Association

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ACTIVITIES Member of The Cuban American Bar Association

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