María Cristina Torres Short

María Cristina Torres Short is an associate in the Litigation Department. She joined O’Neill & Borges LLC in 2023.

Prior to joining O’Neill & Borges, María Cristina worked as an intern at the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Washington DC and at the Organization of American States for the Dominican Republic in Washington DC.

During law school, María Cristina participated in the law school’s Mock Trial Team which was ranked 40th among the Best Trial Advocacy Law Programs out of all the participating law schools in the USA.

Education

  • American University, Washington D.C., B.A. in Law and Society with a concentration in humanities and a specialization in Legal Theory, (2019).
  • Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Juris Doctor, (2022).