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)