Summary Bio

Hector is an attorney (Mexican Jurisdiction) at De Avila Law Firm, a Sacramento-based firm focusing in International, and Mexican law. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and attended the Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes, where he earned his LL.B. degree. He then attended Skyline College and Sacramento City College, eventually obtaining his LL.M. degree in Transnational Business Practice from Pacific McGeorge. Hector is fluent in Spanish and English, and is a Foreign Legal Consultant for the Law of Mexico before the State Bar of California. Hector lectured International Law and International Commercial Law at the University of Phoenix as part of the Spanish MBA on-line program. He currently teaches Legal Spanish for U.S. Lawyers at Pacific McGeorge. Hector authored and published the book Legal Spanish, an International and Domestic Approach. He is working in conjunction with other attorneys in the formation of the first association of international legal practitioners in Sacramento.