Hiram is an accomplished Trial Attorney with over thirty-five years of experience who has secured over five hundred million dollars of jury verdicts and settlements for his clients in New York and California. He is also the founder and President of the non-profit corporation, Pan Latinos, which will seek to partner with poor communities to address issues of hunger – hunger for food and hunger for knowledge. Hiram credits the love, support and guidance of his parents, Hiram and Elena, for his love of reading, writing and education. He credits his uncle Mickey for the lessons that he taught him, which Hiram knows makes him a more aggressive, compassionate, and empathetic advocate for his clients in and out of Court. As a founder of these organizations and a leader in his field, he is eager to serve New York’s most vulnerable inhabitants by providing legal representation through his law firm of Raldiris & Gonzalez, and by his charitable efforts through his non-profit corporation, Pan Latinos. He is happily married to his wife, Christine, and is the proud father of four, and grandfather of three.