Angel A. Cortiñas
Adjunct Professor,
Florida Constitutional Law
B.A., Brown University
J.D., Harvard Law School
Judge Angel Cortiñas graduated magna cum laude from Brown University, where he majored in Political Science and Latin American Studies. He received his Juris Doctor, with honors, from Harvard Law School.
For over fourteen years, Judge Cortiñas worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he served as the Chief of the Economic Crimes Section. He was also lead counsel on high profile corruption cases and complex fraud prosecutions. In 2001, he received the Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award, which is the highest award bestowed by the U.S. Department of Justice.