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Mario Melgar-Adalid, Of Counsel


The “Dr. Mario Melgar Adalid” has been CCN’s counsel since 2008 and his practice focuses on:

  • Legal opinions on specific matters for clients interested in legal developments in Mexico.
  • Preparation of outreach materials for the firm’s clientele on legal, political, and social aspects of Mexico.
  • Opinions on specific matters of interest to clients.
  • Analysis of constitutional changes and legal modifications in Mexico.
  • Mexico Follow-up of relevant rulings of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice of general interest and of the Nation of general interest and specifically those affecting the Mexico-United States relationship.

* Licensed only in Mexico

Other Practice Areas:

  • Constitutional Law
  • Administrative Law
  • International Law

Licensed in:

Mexico (1971)

Languages:

Spanish, English and German

Education

  • PhD in Law, Universidad Autónoma de México, 1997
  • Master in Public Affairs, Universidad de Texas, 1987
  • Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de México, 1970

Experience

  • Director of the Permanent Branch Campus, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2001 – 2008
  • Administrative Under-Secretary, Secretaría de Salud, 2000
  • Member of the Board, Judicatura Federal de México, 1994 – 1999
  • General Counsel, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1990 -1994
  • Secretary of Social Development, Estado de Guerrero, México 1987-1990

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Editorial Boards of several publications:
    • El Universal, Cuestiones Constitucionales IIJ UNAM
    • Revista del Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Procesal Constitucional, Voices of Mexico UNAM

Publications:

  • Economía: Lecciones Elementales, Editorial Limusa Wiley, Mexico, first edition 1978 (five editions)
  • Destino Los Pinos (novel), Editorial Diana, first Edition, Mexico, 1981, (three editions)
  • La Carrera Política y Militar de Juan Alvarez, de Clyde G. Bushnell, Spanish translation. Editorial Miguel Angel Porrúa, México.
  • Educación superior. Propuesta de modernización. Una visión de la Modernización de México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1994
  • La Justicia electoral, Cuadernos para la Reforma de la justicia, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, 1999
  • The Federal Judicial Systems of the United States of México and the United Mexican States, National Center for States Courts Williamsburg, Virginia, 2001;
  • East Los Angeles History of a Barrio por Ricardo Romo, Spanish translation, UNAM, 2003
  • El Consejo de la Judicatura Federal, Editorial Porrúa, S.A, México, D.F., first edition 1997 (four editions 1997-2000)
Practice Areas
Commercial Real Estate Law
Litigation
Real Estate Law
Tax Litigation Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution Law
Civil Law
Civil Practice Law
Class Action Law
Collections Law
Commercial Dispute Resolution Law
Conflict Disputes Law
Constitutional Law