Prof. Fabio Arcila Jr

Professor of Law, 2011-present (granted early tenure, 2009); currently on voluntary leave. Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship, Dec. 2012-May 2016. Extensive publication history. Have taught Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Privacy Law, Evidence, Federal Courts, and Poverty Law

U.S. attorney, member of the New York State Bar. Specialist in surveillance, privacy law, as well as trial and appellate litigation. Have participated in United States Supreme Court litigation during the certiorari stage in several Fourth Amendment cases, and on the merits authored an amicus brief on behalf of Fourth Amendment historians in an important GPS surveillance case, United States v. Jones (2012)

Mid-level Litigation Associate, New York City. Participated in all aspects of complex commercial civil litigation, including discovery and motion practice as well as appeals in state and federal courts

Assisted federal appellate judge by reviewing party pleadings, and through research, writing, and drafting bench memoranda and proposed opinions in civil and criminal cases

Assisted federal trial judge by reviewing party pleadings, and through research and writing. Wrote bench memoranda and drafted proposed opinions, orders, jury charges, verdict forms, and judgments in civil and criminal cases, including jury and bench trials.

Represented low-income and senior citizen clients in administrative and state litigation and appellate practice, as well as through consultation and advocacy. Major practice areas included Medicaid/long term care, landlord/tenant, property taxes/housing preservation, and consumer law