Wendy V. Quintero R.
Wendy Quintero graduated summa cum laude as a Lawyer from the University of Zulia in 2006. Before joining our firm, she worked as lawyer in a well-known lawyer’s office in the city of Maracaibo. As an articling student she spent time in Public Administration and in private companies.
Wendy participated in several models of the United Nations, where she received acknowledgments as “best delegate, best delegation and honourable mention". She has also participated as speaker in national events.
- Tulane University (New Orleans), Energy and Environmental Law L.L.M., 2008
- University of Zulia: College of Law, Maracaibo, law degree, 2005
- Caracas, 2006
- Spanish
- English
- Co-author of: La Participación Ciudadana en la Justicia Penal Venezolana: Formulación Teórica Vs. Realidad Práctica (Citizen Participation in Venezuelan Penal Justice: Theoretical Formulation Vs. Practical Reality), published in the journal Observatorio Latinoamericano de Política Criminal, caso Venezolano.
- Ranked among the three highest GPA’s in the Class since 2001 to 2005 in the College of Political and Judicial Sciences of University of Zulia.
- Acknowledgment as the “Best Delegate” in the 2nd Venezuelan Model of the United Nations 2003 (MOVENU), representing Spain in the Judicial Matters Commission. Caracas.
- Acknowledgment as the “Best Delegation” and First Honourable Mention in the 1st Zulian Model of the United Nations (ZUMUN) 2004, representing France in the Security Council. Maracaibo.
- Award to the “Best Team”, “Best Written Reports” and Best Agent en el 3rd Venezuelan Model of the United Nations 2004 in the Simulation of the International Curt of Justice. Caracas.
- Acknowledgment given by the College of Political and Judicial Sciences of University of Zulia. “For her outstanding Academic Performance, placing her within the best 75 averages in the College of Law”. Acknowledgment given during the 75 Anniversary of the foundation of the College of Law. November 11, 2005.
- Acknowledgment given by the Supreme Council of Military Justice of Peru. “For her participation in the translation and organization of the International Conference on Military Criminology. “Terrorism in the Global Arena” given on March 09, 2006, in the city of Lima, by the Director of the American Association of Criminology, Dr. Chris Eskridge.
- Fulbright Award. Year 2007-2008.
- Participation in the Annual Criminology Gathering 2004 as Speaker in the session “Citizenship and Social Control” with the paper “Citizen Participation in Venezuelan Penal Justice: Theoretical Formulation Vs. Practical Reality”, which may be viewed here.
- Worked as English-Spanish translator and interpreter for the American Society of Criminology in academic and governmental presentations on the following subjects and in the following countries:
- “The State of the Field of Criminology” presentation at the National Police School of Bogota, Colombia, March 2006.
- “The State of the Field of Criminology” presentation in the Los Andes University, Bogotá. Colombia; University of Chile, Santiago de Chile; University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina; Training Academy of Mendoza Police, Argentina, 2006.
- “Terrorism and the Case of Islam” presentation at the Supreme Court of Military Justice of Peru and the San Martin de Porres University, Lima, March 2006.