He attended the prestigious Colegio San José college preparatory school, left two years shy of graduation, and returned to complete his secondary studies.

[1] His tenure as Federal Prosecutor coincided with the height of the Dirty War, and a large number of Habeas Corpus inquiries were solicited at his office during this period, many from friends and family of political prisoners.

[4] Strassera was charged with investigating possible links between the late banker and the Montoneros guerrilla organization, and asked for a sentence of five years' imprisonment for the widow.

[5] Another controversial motion filed by Strassera as prosecutor pertained to the July 4, 1976, San Patricio Church massacre - charges he succeeded in having the presiding judge drop.

Following the president's October 4, 1984, decision to have leading members of the military dictatorship tried by a civilian appeals court, Strassera was offered the post of Chief Counsel for the Prosecution by the Minister of Justice, Carlos Alconada Aramburú.

Strassera's office was contacted on numerous occasions by the former Interior Minister during the dictatorship, General Albano Harguindeguy, as well as by right-wing figures in the ruling UCR itself.

Strassera defended Buenos Aires Mayor Aníbal Ibarra during his 2005 impeachment trial against charges of negligence as the city's chief magistrate during the deadly República Cromañón nightclub fire.

[13] He opposed the extradition request against former President Isabel Perón (whose authorization of Operativo Independencia in 1975 arguably began the Dirty War),[14] and insinuated that the Kirchners promoted trials against indicted officers for political expediency.