Profile
Rafael advises in matters related to anti-dumping and countervailing duties, trade remedies, free trade agreements, national security, and tariff classifications and rulings.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Conducts legal research and drafts memoranda on a range of issues, with a focus on trade remedies, tariff classifications, disputes amongst members of the World Trade Organization, and rulings from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Professional Experience
- Law Clerk, Private law practice (2024)
- Legal Intern, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the General Counsel (2024)
- Legal Honors Intern, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement - Office of Distributions (2023)
- Law Clerk, United States International Trade Commission, Office of Commissioner Amy A. Karpel (2023)
- Legal Intern, Nestle USA (2022)
- Summer Fellow, Private law practice (2022)
Affiliations
- Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- National Hispanic Bar Association
- Custom and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA)
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
J.D., American University Washington College of Law
B.B.A., University of Kentucky
Law Journals
Senior Staffer, American University Business Law Review
Bar and Court Memberships
- District of Columbia Bar
Languages
- Spanish