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MAURICIO J. TAMARGO is a founding partner of Poblete Tamargo, LLP – a Washington, DC-based national security law and public policy practice. The firm offers a wide range of services in unique practice areas, with a focus on providing regulatory and international litigation counsel.
With over 25 years of experience in government affairs and public policy, Tamargo has advised and counseled clients, including individual clients, law firms, corporations, trade associations, and government agencies, on strategies for winning outcomes in matters involving international law, congressional affairs, export controls, and trade issues. Tamargo has also been named among the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” by Hispanic Business Magazine.
From 2002 to 2010, Tamargo served as Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States at the Department of Justice (“FCSC”). Prior to that, he held several senior congressional positions. During his employment with Congress, Tamargo served as Staff Director and Legal Counsel to three House Committee on International Relations Subcommittees, including the International Operations and Human Rights, the International Economic Policy and Trade, and the Africa Subcommittees. During that time, he also served as Chief of Staff and General Counsel to Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
While working in Congress, Tamargo assisted in the drafting and participated in the bicameral conference for the
Cuban Liberty and Solidarity Act of 1997 (“Libertad”), commonly known as the Helms-Burton Act. At the same time, Chairman of the FCSC, Tamargo, was re-nominated via Presidential appointment as Chairman and confirmed by the US Senate three times (under both Democratic and Republican Senate majorities), serving more than eight years at the Department of Justice.
During his tenure as Chairman, Tamargo administered and implemented three claims programs: the Albania Claims Program, the Second Cuba Claims Program, and the Libya Claims Program, adjudicating hundreds of property and personal injury claims that resulted in over $400 million in compensation for U.S. citizens. He also modernized much of the claims process and digitized records of past claims programs. During that time, he also served as Chairman of the Guam War Claims Review Commission and as an Advisor to the U.S. Commission on Assistance to a Free Cuba.
Tamargo is a recognized authority in international law, with expertise in international claims law and claims against foreign sovereigns. He has testified before several congressional committees, including the House Committee on Natural Resources, the House Armed Services Committee, and the Senate Judiciary Committee, regarding claims and other legislative issues.
Born in Cuba, Tamargo is a fluent Spanish speaker who earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami and a Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in Virginia, Florida, Texas, and the District of Columbia. He was also a member of the US Court of Federal Claims, the Supreme Court of the United States, the American Bar Association, the Cuban American Bar Association, and the District of Columbia Hispanic Bar Association.
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
- Florida
- District of Columbia
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Education
- J.D., Cumberland School of Law
- B.A., University of Miami
Languages
- English
- Spanish
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