Carlos A. Acevedo was born in Washington, D.C. on August 7, 1968. He obtained his law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, in 1992, where he was a founding member of the Xavier Forum of Jurisprudence and Legal Doctrine. Carlos next attended American University's Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., where he received a Master of Law degree in International Legal Studies in 1995. Since 1992, Carlos has been admitted to practice law in the Republic of Colombia, a civil law jurisdiction. He has been a member of the New York Bar since 1999. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of New York. Beginning his career as a foreign associate of a Washington, D.C., law firm, Carlos specialized in handling high-value cases, as well as serving as a liaison to the Hispanic community. Before joining our firm, Carlos served as Commercial Secretary of the Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C. where he handled numerous trade matters for the Colombian government, with special emphasis on smuggling/money laundering, intellectual property rights, trade compliance, tuna-dolphin issues, as well as government procurement, safeguards, and antidumping issues. He also researched and advised Colombian authorities on legislative, administrative, and judicial developments affecting the trade and commercial interests of Colombia.