VICTOR A. BETHENCOURT

I am a recent law school graduate with family law and criminal law exposure via a legal internship in the Nassau DA's homicide bureau and a 2 semester clinic at Brooklyn Defenders representing parents in article 10 proceedings. Hardworking, presentable, and resourceful, I am also a self-employed real estate business owner with over a decade of experience in corporate publishing and biomedical research. I am a Nassau County certified foster parent, bilingual in Spanish and English, and competent in French and German. *I sat for the February 2024 bar exam.

• Cell, Vol. 115, 851 (2003). “Serotonylation of Small GTPases..”
• Developmental Biology, Vol. 272, 53 (2004). “Choroideremia gene..”
• Nature Biotechnology 26, 956 (2008). GSK’s Harvard cash injection
• Nature Biotechnology 27, 104 (2009). Merck joins the biotech game
• Nature Biotechnology 27, 400 (2009). Google spawns health venture fund
• Nature Biotechnology 29, (2011). Case study. Affymetrix
• Nature Biotechnology (June 2013) Startups on the menu: Nascient
• Nature Biotechnology (April 2014) Startups on the menu: Circuit Tx
• Nature Biotechnology (May 2015) Startups on the menu: Atreca

Since starting my own vacation rental business in partnership with my brother, I have been working very hard to consolidate and manage its operations. Throughout my professional career and private enterprises I have developed a keen collaborative disposition while remaining independent, resourceful, and fiercely focused on problem solving. I enjoy a good intellectual challenge, and always strive to get things done as efficiently and thoroughly as required. These skills ae cemented on a combination everyday life experiences and exposure to complex professional and corporate environments in which I have worked.

In the past few years I invested in real estate in New York to make ends meet and get me through law school. I fixed the properties myself, found tenants, and eventually sold them to buyers as / when required. These activities allowed me to have the flexibility to be my son's primary caregiver and look after children in the spectrum as a NYS licensed therapeutic foster parent. 

• Andrew Marshall, former Chief Editor. Nature Biotechnology
• Juan Carlos Lopez, former Chief Editor. Nature Medicine
• Bernat Olle, Chief Executive Officer. Vedanta Biosciences
• Heather Ettinger, Partner IP practice. Troutman Pepper
• Mitchell Bloom, Partner Life Sciences practice. Goodwin
• Laura Gentile, Civil Practice Professor. CUNY School of Law
• Donna Lee, Family Law Professor. CUNY School of Law
• Murtaza Husain, Family Defense Attorney. Brooklyn Defender Services
• Allison Worthington, Supervisor at Nassau County Social Services Department