Our History

VENAMBAR was founded in 2013 by lawyers of Venezuelan descent to support the Venezuelan community, build close relationships among our members, and provide mentoring to law students.

Our Purpose

To encourage, promote and defend freedom of thought, equality, and fraternity among its members.
To advocate for the rights and values of the Venezuelan community in the United States.
To disseminate the values and principles of the Common Law system among the Venezuelan community in the United States.
To promote the study and research of American law and its interaction with Venezuelan law.
To group, in a single institution, lawyers (members of a bar association in the United States), law students, and Venezuelan and foreign lawyers linked to the United States who have an interest in Venezuelan issues.
To promote the interaction of Venezuelan lawyers with members of the judiciary in the United States.
To promote the interaction among Venezuelan lawyers, American lawyers, and lawyers from other nationalities.
To develop relationships with American universities for the purpose of sponsoring professional development courses for members of the Association.
Such other and further not-for-profit purposes as the Board of Directors shall determine, but the Association will not provide direct services to Members.

Our Founding Members & Committees

Committees

Events Committee

Foreign Attorneys Committee

Membership Committee

Judicial Committee

In-house Counsel Committee

Student Committee

Founding Members

E. Adriana Kostencki

Alexandra Paquin

Daniel Vielleville

Jaime Guttman

Jorge Guttman

J. Eloy Anzola

Manuel Gómez

Oscar E. Diaz

Thomas Pate

Our History

Our Purpose

To encourage, promote and defend freedom of thought, equality, and fraternity among its members.

To advocate for the rights and values ​​of the Venezuelan community in the United States.

To disseminate the values ​​and principles of the Common Law system among the Venezuelan community in the United States.

To promote the study and research of American law and its interaction with Venezuelan law.

To group, in a single institution, lawyers (members of a bar association in the United States), law students, and Venezuelan and foreign lawyers linked to the United States who have an interest in Venezuelan issues.

To promote the interaction of Venezuelan lawyers with members of the judiciary in the United States.

​To promote the interaction among Venezuelan lawyers, American lawyers, and lawyers from other nationalities.

​To develop relationships with American universities for the purpose of sponsoring professional development courses for members of the Association.

​Such other and further not-for-profit purposes as the Board of Directors shall determine, but the Association will not provide direct services to Members.

Our Founding Members & Committees

To advocate for the rights and values of the Venezuelan community in the United States.

To disseminate the values and principles of the Common Law system among the Venezuelan community in the United States.

To promote the interaction among Venezuelan lawyers, American lawyers, and lawyers from other nationalities.

To develop relationships with American universities for the purpose of sponsoring professional development courses for members of the Association.

Such other and further not-for-profit purposes as the Board of Directors shall determine, but the Association will not provide direct services to Members.