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His Worship Magistrate Carl Quamina
His Worship Magistrate Carl Quamina was
called to the bar in 1993 and has since
appeared before several courts at the
Magisterial, High Court and the Court of
Appeal level in both criminal and civil law
matters. Mr. Quamina established his own

Her Worship Magistrate
Marissa Gomez
Ms. Marissa Gomez joined the Magistracy
after close to 12 years in the public sector,
beginning as a Legal Officer 1 in the Office
of the Director of Public Prosecutions in

2001, where she served for four years
before moving to the Ministry of National
Security as a State Counsel III. Immediately before becoming a Magistrate, she
was a Senior Legal Officer with the Ministry of Justice. Magistrate Gomez is a past

Her Worship Magistrate
Adia Mohammed
Her Worship Magistrate Adia Mohammed
joined the public sector almost immediately on having been called to the bar in
2002 following her graduation from the
Hugh Wooding law School in 2002. She
pursued her Legal Education Certificate at
that institution after obtaining her LLB at
the University of the West Indies two years

law chambers in Sangre Grande and
Mayaro, and also served as an Attorney on
the Legal Aid panel “pro bono” when
requested. His office has welcomed
students from the Sir Hugh Wooding Law
School on a yearly basis to complete their
in-service training. Outside of his law
pupil of the Newtown Girls’ RC School
and St. Joseph’s Convent both in Port of
Spain, and also a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Hugh
Wooding Law School.

before. She served as a State Attorney with
the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for seven years, before deciding to
pursue her LLM with a focus on international crime and justice at the United
Nations Inter-Regional Crime and Justice
Institute and the University of Turin from
November 2008 to July 2009 followed by a
Post Graduate Diploma in International
Relations in June 2011, once again at the

Assistant Registrars/Marshals of the Supreme Court
Assistant Registrar Vigel K Paul
Mr. Vigel Paul comes to the Judiciary after
some 13 years’ experience as both
Advocate and instructing Attorney-at-Law
primarily in the field of civil litigation and
corporate commercial law. He has accordingly conducted numerous trials and
applications as Advocate Attorney-at-Law
before the Court of Appeal, the High

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Court, the Industrial Court, the Environmental Commission and the Petty Civil
Courts, representing a wide range of
clients from individuals to medium and
large scale companies, most notably in
the areas of banking, contract, company
law, labour relations, insurance, property,
health and safety, debt recovery and
personal liability. He also served as Senior

practice, Mr. Quamina has also served his
community through his involvement in
Local Government, parent support groups,
Parent Teacher’s Association, the Trinidad
and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association
(TTUTA) and other groups.

Legal Officer of the Environmental
Management Authority from May 2009
to December 2010. Mr. Paul obtained his
Legal Certificate of Education from the
Hugh Wooding Law School at St. Augustine, Trinidad, in 2000, following his
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