MARÍA VERÓNICA ESPINA MOLINA, born Maracaibo, Venezuela, December 17, 1975.
Education: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Law Degree, Academic Distinction Cum Laude, 1998. Harvard University, Master of Laws, 2001.
Professional Background: Professor of Administrative Law I, Universidad José María Vargas, 2002-2005. Professor of Administrative Law I, Universidad Metropolitana, since 2005. Member of the Bar Association of the Capital District. Associate of Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, 1998-2005. Foreign associate of Holland & Knight LLP, New York, USA, 2001. Junior Partner of Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, since 2005.
Author: “Impugnación de los Actos de Registro en la Jurisdicción Contencioso-Administrativa, con especial referencia al Registro Público” (Challenge of Registry Acts in the Administrative Law Jurisdiction, with special reference to the Public Registry), in Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello No. 55, 1998. “Nueva Estructura del Estado Venezolano” (New Structure of the Venezuelan State) (coauthor) in Comentarios a la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, 2001 “Derecho de la Mujer a la no Discriminación” (Women’s Right to Non Discrimination), in Temas sobre Derechos Constitucionales, 2003. “La Quema de la Bandera como Conducta Simbólica Protegida por el Derecho a la Libertad de Expresión” (The Burning of the Flag as a Symbolic Act Protected under the Right to Freedom of Speech) in Ensayos Jurídicos en Celebración de los 90 Años del Escritorio Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, 2004. “La excepción de contrato no cumplido aplicada a los contratos administrativos” (Defense based on contract not performed applied to administrative contracts), in Revista de Derecho Público No. 100, 1980-2005, Editorial Jurídica Venezolana, Caracas, 2005
Languages: Spanish and English.
Practice Areas: Administrative and Constitutional Law.

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