Fernando Damián Rodríguez Castillo
Counsel

Fernando has extensive judicial experience, having served as a clerk for 15 years in a Higher Criminal State Court (Segunda Sala Penal) of the Superior Court of Justice of Chihuahua and the Federal Judicial Courts in a Collegiate Circuit Court (Tribunal Colegiado de Circuito) where he reviewed and drafted resolutions in administrative and criminal law, developing in-depth knowledge of the “Juicio de Amparo” and criminal law, especially the Accusatory Criminal System.

Fernando’s solid expertise in litigation was then reinforced in his stints at local prestigious law firms, as well as seminars, courses and master’s degrees taken in renowned local educational institutions.

His expertise is focused mainly on corporate-criminal law, working on local or federal crimes related to our clients’ day-to-day business operations, as well as Amparo procedures particularly related to administrative and criminal actions.

Expertise
 Corporate criminal law
 Tax law

Education

Master’s Degree on Judicial Criminal Law (80% completed) by the Training and Judicial Update Center of the Supreme Court of Justice of the State.

Minor on Accusatory Criminal Law by the Training and Judicial Update Center of the Supreme Court of Justice of the State. Best GPA of the Class.

Masters on Public Administration. Alumni of the Administration and Accounting School of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. GPA Automatic qualification: 95.

Law Degree. Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. Thesis qualification with honorary mention.

Other courses

 Assisted to diverse seminars and courses on tax, compliance, criminal and “amparo” Law held by the Supreme Court of Justice of the State, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Federal Judicial Courts, among others.
 Drug dealing course by the Training and Judicial Update Center of the Supreme Court of Justice of the State.
 Diffuse Conventionality Control Course by the Training and Judicial Update Center of the Supreme Court of Justice of the State.
 Curso Narcomenudeo impartido por el Centro de Formación y Actualización Judicial del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia del Estado.

 Control Difuso de Convencionalidad impartido por el Centro de Formación y Actualización Judicial del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia del Estado.

Professional affiliations
Active member of the Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, A.C., capítulo Chihuahua.
 Certified Lawyer by the Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa.

Languages
English and Spanish.