1982. Practice at the Legal Department of the Philadelphia National Bank,
1982. USA Legal System Orientation Courses, University of Georgetown (1980) and George Washington University (1999).
Trust Training Courses, National Financial (NAFIN) and Banco Nacional de México, S.A. (BANAMEX), 1993. DR-CAFTA Training Course, INCAE 2005. Legal advisor to financial, insurance, commercial and industrial companies; local, regional and multinational. Founder, Partner and Executive Director of J.R. Paz y Asociados, Abogados.
Advisor to the Honduran government for the negotiation of the bilateral investments protection Treaty (1981), alternate Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice (1990-1994), Honorary Legal Advisor of the British Embassy (1992-2004).
Visiting Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law, UNAH.

Education
1978 Summa Cum Laude, B.S. in Law and Social Sciences, concentration in Commercial, Banking and Insurance Law from the Law School of the National University of Honduras (UNAH);
Courses in Business Administration for Corporate Lawyers (INCAE-Harvard University), 1978-1979;
Juris Doctor and Notary Public, granted by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Honduras, 1980.
Master's Degree in Laws (LL.M.) from the Center of Financial Institutions Studies, Law School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• International Bar Association
  
• Honduran Bar Association
• Latin American Attorneys Federation
• Associazione di Diritto Internazionale Privato
• World Jurist Association (Honduras President)

Union Internationale des Avocats.