ROBERTO CONCEPCIÓN, JR.

rconcepcion@gdblegal.com

Roberto Concepción, Jr. joined Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian as a Columbia Law Civil Rights Fellow in September 2010.  This past summer he interned for the Honorable Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Roberto is fluent in Spanish.

EDUCATION

• Columbia Law School, J.D., 2009 
• The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, B.E., 2006

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of California, 2010
• State Bar of New York, 2010
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

AWARDS

• LatCrit Scholar Finalist (2011)
• Hispanic National Bar Association Presidential Pro Bono Recognition Award (2011)

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

• Intern to the Honorable Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2010
• Child Advocacy Fellow, Columbia Law School, 2009-2010 
• Law Clerk, Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., 2009-2010 
• Extern to the Honorable Victor Marrero, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2009 
• Law Clerk to the Honorable William Macauley, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2008

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

• Pre-Employment Credit Checks:  Effectuating Disparate Impact Under the Guise of Job-Relatedness and Business Necessity, 12 Scholar 523 (2010)

• Organizational Citizenship Through Talent Management: An Alternative Framework to Diversity in Private Practice, 42 Colum. J. L. & Soc. Probs. 43 (2008)