Court

Admitted Since

Status

Puerto Rico Supreme Court (Attorney) – Bar # 13319

9-July-1997

Active

Puerto Rico Supreme Court (Notary Public) – Notary # 11999

30-June-1998

Active

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

16-October-2001

Active

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit – Bar # 82699

6-March-2002

Active

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

6-May-2002

Active

United States Court of International Trade

6-May-2002

Active

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

7-May-2002

Active

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

15-May-2002

Active

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces – Bar # 32470

16-May-2002

Active

United States Supreme Court

6-August-2002

Active

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico – Bar # 219601

April, 2003

Active

Parties; Court & Case Number

Legal Issues

Family Department of Puerto Rico v Eusebio Díaz Cortéz, Brenda González-Pellot; Puerto Rico Supreme Court; Puerto Rico Court of Appeals (KLAN2002-01202); Puerto Rico First Instance Court, Aguadilla Venue (AMM-2002-0035)

Court appointed attorney to Brenda González Pellot in Civil Case dealing with removal of children from parents’ custody. The main legal issues of this case were related to the violation of defendant’s Due Process rights guaranteed by the US and Puerto Rico Constitutions.

Orlando Sanders-Concepción v Hon. Rodney E. Slater, Secretary, Dept of Transportation; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC 160-97-8839,

Administrative proceeding in which Plaintiff filed against his employer, the US Coast Guard, claiming that it took reprisals against him after complaining of racial harassment from his supervisor.

Reinaldo Padín-Santana v. US Army/Veterans Administration

Veterans’ Administration Claim for service connected disability related to service during Korean War (1951). Veteran’s exposure to stressful environment of combat training caused him to develop Schizophrenia, which may have been dormant but would have not developed hadn’t it been for his stressful experiences during Basic Combat Training. Veteran was fit for duty when he entered the Army, as shown by his medical examination, but had to be hospitalized three times within three months for histerical reactions to the stress of managing weapons, the first being just a week after beginning training. After hearing with the Board of Veterans Appeals, it was decided that the veteran qualified for service connected disability payments. The case was remanded to the District Office with instructions to determine appropriate payment amounts. The issue of retroactivity is still pending.

Teodoro Ruiz Brignoni v. Robert V. Yoder, et als; ADP-1999-0007

Breach of Contract. Clean Hands doctrine. Counterclaims.

Sylvia Cortés Figueroa, et als v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et als. (ADP-2003-0058)

Torts claim against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Education Department, for failing to provide adequate security at the school attended by plaintiff’s daughter, which caused her to be the victim of a sexual attack by six male students from the same school.

Ana Daisy Acevedo v. Thomas J. Ridge, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard (EEOC No. 150-2005-00269X)

Discrimination claim against US Coast Guard for gender discrimination and reprisals against employee who complained about harassment by security officer. Hearing is pending.

Leonor Collazo Mercado v. Fluor Daniel v. Contech v. Merck Sharp & Dohme (CDP-2003-0135)

We represent Contech, who was contracted by Merck to perform a job at its facilities. Collazo-Mercado filed a suit against Fluor Daniel and Contech claiming damages as a result of the work performed by them. Contech filed a third-party complaint against Merck,claiming that Merck’s actions of not removing their employees from the area Contech was going to work constitutes an intentional tort against its employees, situation that would strip it of its immunity as an insured employer. The case is pending in the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals.

1991-‘93

The American University Campaign Management Institute, Washington, DC

Seminars in Campaign Management, Campaign Media, Campaign Field Work, Campaign Fund-raising & Campaign Presidential Caucus

1988-1989

RSG Winkler Prins Secondary School, Veendam, Netherlands

Student Exchange Program coordinated with AFS

1987

Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Summer Program)

College Preparatory Workshops

July 9 - Oct 31, 1997 and June 1st 1998 to present

Private Practice Legal Office with extensive experience in Civil and Criminal litigation (75% Civil, 25% Criminal); Appellate Procedures; CJA-Panel attorney at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; Administrative Law experience litigating cases before the EEOC and the US Labor Department; Notary Public since June 30, 1998

Nov 1, 1997 to May 31, 1998

Puerto Rico Senate Committee on Urban Affairs and Infrastructure; Legislative Assistant. Duties – analysis of legislation referred to the Committee, legal research, drafting of Committee reports, advising Senators on pending legislation, providing information to constituents

August 1993 to June 1997

Legal Assistant/Researcher/Clerk at the Law Offices of Juan José Nolla-Amado, 3051 Av. Juan Hernández Ortiz #12, Isabela, Puerto Rico 00662. Tel. 787-872-3901; Duties: Legal Research, Drafting complaints, answers to complaints, Counterclaims, cross-claims, third party complaints, Appellate Briefs, Motions, Interrogatories, questions for depositions, legal briefs, case briefs

September 1992 to May 1993

Sacristan/Work Study at the Catholic Chaplain’s Office; Kay Spiritual Life Center; The American University; Washington, DC. Duties: Prepare church area for services, answer the phones, make appointments for Catholic Chaplain; run errands

June-Aug 1991

Assistant Manager; Di Morelli Restaurant, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Nov 1990 to May 1991

Lab Assistant; Language Resource Center; The American University; Washington, DC.

Duties: Provide tutoring to students learning Spanish; Assisting Students and Faculty members with audio-visual equipment and language software; Previewing learning materials prior to their use in the classroom and advising professors on their correct usage

Name

Title

Address

Phone

Pedro García-Mejías, Esq.

Attorney at Law

P.O. Box 989, Aguadilla, PR 00605

787-891-5360

Dr. Karin Thornton

Catholic Assistant Chaplain, The American University

Kay Spiritual Life Center, The American University, 4400 Mass Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016

202-885-3327

Alex López-Pérez, Esq.

Attorney at Law

Urb. Río Canas, Calle 12 L-3, Ponce Puerto Rico 00728

787-290-5000

Eng. José Rodríguez Chavez

Civil Engineer

P.O. Box 550, Isabela PR 00662

787-872-0125

Héctor R. Cuprill, Esq.

Attorney at Law; Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Law School

Condominio Torre de Oro, Ponce PR 00731

787-843-8048

Domingo Emanuelli, Esq.

Attorney at Law, At Large member of the Governing Board of the Puerto Rico Bar Association (1998-2000)

PO Box 2443, Arecibo, PR 00613

787-878-9090

Carlos Roberto Soto, Esq.

Attorney at Law

P.O. Box 873, Aguada PR 00602

787-868-9115

Manuel Martínez-Rivera, Esq.

Attorney at Law & former judge

PO Box 71, Aguadilla PR 00605

787-882-5425

Luis Roberto Santos, Esq.

Attorney at Law

PO Box 1809, Mayagüez PR 00681

787-833-5466

Bernardo Muñiz Arocho, Esq.

Attorney at Law, former Assistant District Attorney in Aguadilla, Interim District Attorney; Aguadilla delegate to the Governing Board of the Puerto Rico Bar Association (2002-2004)

PO Box 3609, Aguadilla PR 00605

787-891-8571