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San Francisco County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Julio Joaquin Ramos

Candidate for
Community College Board; County of San Francisco

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Born: May 17, 1967, Los Angeles California

Education: Columbia University Law School, 5/95 Coro Foundation Fellowship, 8/90-6/91 Claremont Colleges, Pitzer 8/86-6/90 Foundation for Foreign Study, Spain 8/84-7/85

Government Service:

I was a trial attorney for the State of California, Public Utilities Commission, in the Office of Ratepayer Advocate (ORA). I represented the consumers of California in litigation against the major electrical and telephone companies operating in this state. I have been lead ORA trial counsel in litigation relating to:

overbilling of collect calls in the California Correctional System; illegal cost shifting by electrical utilities of electrical charges to residential customers; and internet access, relating to reciprocal compensation and line sharing disputes between telecommunications companies.

Private Practice:

Prior to my government service, I was a litigation associate with the New York law firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. I devoted a great deal of my practice to representing poor persons in eviction actions and non-profit organizations such as Self Help Community Services (Selfhelp)and Neighborhood Youth & Family Services (NYFS).

International Teaching:

The year before law school, I was an Assistant English Teacher (AET) in Japan under a program sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education (the Jet Program).

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