Fernando Bohorquez Jr

Fernando Bohorquez, Jr. was appointed to the Board in April 2014. Mr. Bohorquez is a partner in the New York office of the law firm of Baker Hostetler, where he specializes in complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation, intellectual property disputes, and white collar investigations. Mr. Bohorquez also regularly advises tech start-up and social media companies regarding intellectual property, social media, privacy and data security, business law, and Internet liability issues. He is a frequent speaker on social media, intellectual property, privacy and data security, electronic discovery, and law firm diversity initiatives and has published numerous articles and blogs on social media, on-line advertising and marketing, Internet-related intellectual property issues, and electronic discovery. Mr. Bohorquez serves on the boards of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the Fund for Modern Courts, and the Limon Dance Company as well as the executive committee of the American Constitution Society: New York Lawyer Chapter and the Fellows Alumni Committee of the Council of Urban Professionals. In these endeavors he focuses his efforts on developing and mentoring the next generation of leaders of color in the business and legal community. Pro bono, he has represented numerous immigrants in removal proceedings and spearheaded efforts to organize Spanish-speaking attorneys to volunteer for deferred action relief and Latino voter protection efforts in New York and nationwide. He is active in the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, and the Hispanic National Bar Association. Mr. Bohorquez received his B.A. from the University of Delaware, his J.D. from New York Law School, magna cum laude, and an LL.M. from George University Law Center.