Biography
Professor Yordanka Delionado is the Associate Director of the Legal Skills & Values III Program.
Prior to her time at the College of Law, she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, where she tried jury trials to verdict involving narcotics violations, firearms offenses, immigration offenses, and fraud. While at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, she was also responsible for investigating narcotics violations, interstate theft, firearms offenses and security threats on public officials. Before serving as a federal prosecutor, Professor Delionado practiced in the area of commercial litigation.
She received her JD degree from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, she was the Managing Editor of the Latino Law Review and a member of La Alianza. Upon graduation, she served as a Harvard Law School Samuel J. Heyman Fellow for Public Service. She has clerked for the Honorable Donald M. Middlebrooks and the Honorable Cecilia M. Altonaga in the Southern District of Florida. She graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Education
- JD, Harvard Law School
- BA, University of Miami