Graduate of the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (2010-2014). BMF Abogados S.C. (2013). Center for Socio-Political and Legal Counseling at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. Legal Office (2014). Marketing Legal (2015). Fregoso, Martínez y de Labra, S.C. (2015 - 2019), Martínez y de Labra, Abogados (2019 - present). Real Estate Update Seminar, ANADE, Jalisco (2016). Diploma in Legal Translation English-Spanish, Mexican Organization of Translators (2018-2019). XXII International Congress on Translation and Interpretation San Jerónimo (2018). Certified Translator in English-Spanish (2019 - present).
Graduate of the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (2009-2014). Estévez Salinas S.C. (2009 - 2013). Intern (2009 - 2011). Legal Assistant (2011 - 2013). Legal Advisor (2013 - 2014). Third Criminal Collegiate Court, Zapopan, Jalisco (2014). Ruiz Valerio & Sanz Cerrada (2014 - 2015). Fregoso, Martínez y de Labra S.C. (2015 - 2019), Martínez y de Labra, Abogados (2019 - present). Additional studies: General Course on Industrial Property DS-101 (WIPO Diploma 2014), Master’s Degree in Industrial Property, Copyright and New Technologies, Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes Campus (2017). Online Course on Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City Campus (High Potential Development Center) (2020).
Law graduate from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) (2012 - 2016). Notary Office No. 14, Guadalajara (2012 - 2013). Gatt Corona y Abogados Asociados, S.C. and Notary Office No. 120, Guadalajara (2014 - 2016). Partida & Ruíz Legal, S.C. (2016). Fregoso, Martínez y de Labra, S.C. (2017 - 2019). Martínez y de Labra, S.C. (2019 - present).
Lawyer (1999 - 2004) and Master of Laws (2005 – 2007) from the University of Guadalajara.
Process Server, Secretary, and Prosecutor at the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Jalisco (2001 – 2006). Practicing Attorney (2006). Training Officer, Litigation Coordinator, Training Coordinator, Legal and Training Director, and Head of the Executive Secretariat of the Institute of Transparency and Public Information of Jalisco (2007 – 2011). Legal Advisor to the Electoral Council at the Federal Electoral Institute and the National Electoral Institute (2011 – 2015). Head of the General Transparency and Judicial Information Systematization Unit of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (2015 – 2023) and during that role President of the Coordination of Information and Statistics of the Federal Judiciary (2015 – 2017) and Councilor and Representative of the Federal Judiciary before the National Advisory Council of the National Statistical and Geographic Information System (2015 – 2017). Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Preliminary Electoral Results Program, Mexico City Electoral Institute (2023 – 2024). Martínez y de Labra, S.C. (2023 - present).
Professor in the Master’s in Law program at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2017) and in the Master’s in Public Administration program at the Institute of Public Administration of Jalisco and its Municipalities (2011). Instructor in various diplomas on transparency, accountability, open government, and data protection at Universidad Anáhuac, Universidad de Guanajuato, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, and other academic institutions.
Graduate of Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus (2010 - 2015). Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary, Guadalajara Regional Chamber (2012). Ferrer & Casillas Abogados, S.C. (2014 - 2016), Intelegis Grupo Consultor Fiscal (2016 - 2017) Fregoso, Martínez y de Labra, S.C. (2017 - 2019), Martínez y de Labra, S.C. (2019 to date). Other studies: Postgraduate Degree in Obligations and Contracts Law, Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus (2015 - 2016). Seminar on Philosophy of Law, Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus (2016) Diploma in Tax and Corporate Law, Instituto de Especialización para Ejecutivos, Guadalajara. (2016 - 2017). Online course. “Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract”, Harvard University. (2017). Online course: “Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills”. University of Michigan. (2020). Online course: “ICC Arbitration Online Tranining”. ICC (2022). Online course: “FinTech Law and Policy”. Duke University (2022). Online course: “Corporate & Commercial Law I: Contracts & Employment Law”. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2022). Online course: “Corporate & Commercial Law II: Business Forms, Financing & Governmental Regulation”. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2023). In-person Specialization Course in Law: “Insurance Law: current status and future perspectives”. University of Salamanca, Spain (2024).
Graduate of the University of Guadalajara (2014-2018). Master’s Degree in Anti-Corruption Strategies and Integrity Policies from the University of Salamanca, Spain (2023-2024). Office of the Attorney General of the State of Jalisco (2015 - 2017). Ministry of Social Development (2017). Fregoso, Martínez y de Labra (2018 - 2019), Martínez y de Labra, S.C. (2019 to date). Other studies: 3rd Congress of Criminal Legal Practice, University of Guadalajara (September 2014). International Congress of Jurists, XVIII Edition (December 2014). 3rd International Congress on Forensic Research “Analysis and Investigation of the Crime of Homicide”, Forensic Solutions LCC, Asesores Legales Forenses S.C. (May 2015). Participation in the Course "Proper Intervention for the Preservation of the Crime Scene”, Mexican Institute of Criminal Investigation (August 2015). Specialized Diploma in the New Adversarial and Oral Accusatory Criminal Justice System, Centro de Análisis Jurídico Campos, Colegio de Abogados en Mediación y Medios Alternativos del Estado de Jalisco (2019). Diploma in Specialization in Theory of Crime, Centro de Análisis Jurídico Campos and Universidad Multiétnica Profesional de Colima (2025). Diploma in Oral Trials for Criminal Law Specialists, Centro de Análisis Jurídico Campos and Universidad Multiétnica Profesional de Colima (2025).
Mario Iván Peña Padilla is a lawyer who graduated from Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara. He has over 20 years of experience as a practising lawyer and independent advisor on labour and constitutional matters. He worked as an external lawyer for the largest electricity company in Mexico for over 20 years. In 2024, he joined Martinez y de Labra Abogados as labour law manager.