US Certified Court Interpreter: trials, depositions, hearings, etc. Translator: contracts, manuals, certificates, etc. 36 years experience. 15 languages.
Experience:
Certified Court Interpreter in more than 600 trials, including 400 federal trials, as well as approximately 5,000 depositions and hearings.
Translator (written material) of a few thousand documents including six surgical manuals from English into Spanish and Portuguese for Johnson and Johnson, such as cardiovascular surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, etc.
Expert witness in different legal proceedings including trials, etc., on 36 different occasions, including trademark infringement, etc.
In addition to this, Michael was a university professor of Spanish for 24 years as well as being a professor of Portuguese and ESL for a shorter period of time. He still regularly tutors students that want to improve or become fluent in Spanish, Portuguese or English.
Education:
Spanish and Portuguese
BA Indiana University, Universidad Católica, Universidade de São Paulo
Triple Major in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
MA University of Wisconsin at Madison
Major: Spanish
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Ibero-Romance Philology and Linguistics
