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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 787-754-8700 | | Telecopier: 787-756-6677 | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Location: Plaza Scotiabank, 6th Floor, 273 Ponce de Leon Avenue San Juan 00917-1902, Puerto Rico | | |
(Main Office)
| Del Toro & Santana practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Surety and Insurance Law, Employment Law and Litigation, Corporate and Business Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Real Estate Transactions, Secured Transactions and Title Insurance Law, Contracts and Transactional Law, Dealership and Law 75, Torts, Civil Federal and State Practice and Trial Law, Complex Litigation. | | Year Established: 1984 | Firm Profile:
Del Toro & Santana is a firm with a broad range of litigation and counseling experience. It is listed in the Directory of Preeminent Lawyers. It represents a number of industrial and commercial firms, financial institutions and individuals before Federal and State courts and numerous administrative agencies. | | Firm Size: 7 | Representative Clients:
Eaton Corporation/Cutler-Hammer; The St. Paul/Travelers Co.; United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.; St. Paul Indemnity Co.; Siemens; Siemens Building Technologies, Inc; Siemens Financial Company; Walgreens; CITGO Petroleum, Inc.; The Home Depot; American Safety Insurance Company; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Fidelity National Insurance Co.; Ballori & Farré, Inc.; The William Morris Agency; PFZ Properties, Inc.; ESJ Towers, Inc. | | PROPRIETARY PARTNERS | | Russell A. Del Toro (Senior Partner) born Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Puerto Rico; 1976, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Miami (B.B.A., Business/Management, 1972); University of Puerto Rico (J.D., Business Law, 1975); New York University (LL.M., Trial Law and Federal Practice, 1977). Lecturer, Federal Rules of Evidence - Federal Bar Review Course, 1986-1995. Chair, Federal Bar Exam Review Course, 1988-1995, Co-Author and Lecturer of "Puerto Rico Comparative Civil Trial Skills and Strategies" NBI Seminars 2008. Member: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Drafting Committee on Special Procedural Rules for Complex Litigation, 1998-1999; First Circuit Judicial Conference Committee, 2000-2001. Other Affiliations: Past President, Santurce Rotary Club; Past President, Dorado Beach & Country Club. Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico; Federal Bar Association, Washington, D.C. (National President, 2001-2002; Executive Committee Officer and Board Member, 1995-2003; National Convention Chair, 1988, 1997, 2001; Member, National Council, 1984 —); Federal Bar Association, Puerto Rico Chapter (Officer and Executive Committee Board Member, 1983-1991, President, 1988-1989). Fellow: Lifetime Charter Fellow, The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Federal Practice and Trial Law; Complex Litigation; Construction and Surety Law; Contracts and Transactional Law; Business and Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Employment Law; Products Liability; Torts. Email: Russell A. Del Toro | | Roberto Santana Aparicio (Senior Partner) born San Juan, Puerto Rico; admitted to bar, 1977, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Babson College; University of Puerto Rico (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1977). Reginald Heber Smith Scholar; Member and Contributor, University of Puerto Rico Law Review, 1976-1977. Co-Author: "The Supreme Court, 1975 Term," 45 University of Puerto Rico Law Review 3, 1976; "A State by State Guide to Construction and Design Law," ABA Publishing, American Bar Association, 1998 and 2009. Lecturer, National Business Institute, Puerto Rico Construction Law, 1995-2008 and Puerto Rico Foreclosure Law, 1998-2000. Member, Puerto Rico Bar Examination Board Drafting and Correcting Committee, 1987-1990; Past President, Santurce Rotary Club. Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico (Member, Civil Rights Committee, 1979-1982); Federal Bar Association, Puerto Rico Chapter (Officer and Director, 1987-1992; President, 1990-1991; National Delegate, 1991-1992); Federal Bar Association, Washington, D.C. (National Vice President for the First Circuit, 1988-1992; Member, National Council, 1988-2001; Member, Select Committee on Admission Standards to Practice before Federal Courts, 1985; Member, Judicial Selection Committee, 1993-1996, Chair, 2001-2003; Audit Committee Chair, 1998-1999). Fellow: Lifetime Charter Fellow, The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Employment Law; Real Estate Litigation; Federal Practice; Insurance Coverage Defense. Email: Roberto Santana Aparicio | | PARTNER | | Osvaldo Puig-Hernandez (Partner) born Madrid, Spain, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Puerto Rico and U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., cum laude, 1988; J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Member: Puerto Rico and Federal Bar Associations. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Federal Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Title Insurance and Secured Transactions; Surety and Construction Law; Commercial Law; Employment Law; Administrative Law; Civil Rights. Email: Osvaldo Puig-Hernandez | | ASSOCIATE | | Gianna Molina-Pepín (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Puerto Rico and U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A, 1998; J.D., 2003). Member: Legal Education and Critical Thinking Volunteer; Community Service Program, 2002-2003. Member: Puerto Rico and American Bar Associations; Hispanic National Bar Association. Languages: Spanish, English, French and German. Email: Gianna Molina-Pepín | | OF COUNSEL | | John L. Shapiro (Of Counsel) born Wiesbaden, Germany, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana; 1979, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1988, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 27(b) qualified. Education: Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Exeter College, Oxford University; Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 1974); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1977); Boston University (LL.M., 1978). Past President, Puerto Rico Boy Scouts of America, 1991-1995. Member: Board Directors, North East Region Boy Scouts of America, 2000—; Santurce Rotary Club. Member: Puerto Rico, Louisiana State, American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Economics of Law Practice; Taxation; Litigation) and Federal Bar Associations. [Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1983—]. Languages: Spanish and English. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation; Administrative Law; Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: John L. Shapiro | | Myriam E. Matos-Bermúdez (Of Counsel) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); University of Puerto Rico School of Law (J.D., 1992); The George Washington University (LL.M., 1995). Law Clerk to Hon. Hiram Sanchez Martinez, Puerto Rico Court of Appeals, 1992-1994. Adjunct Professor, University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 1998-2000. Vice-President, Association of Labor Relations Practitioners, 2003-2004. Member: Puerto Rico and Federal Bar Associations. (Also Of Counsel to Sosa Llorens, Cruz Neris & Associates, Guaynabo). Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Myriam E. Matos-Bermúdez | | Berenice B. Bellotti (Of Counsel) born Gibraltar, Europe, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., General Studies, magna cum laude, 1990); Inter-American University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1996). Recipient, Professor Vélez Torres Award for Civil Law, Mortgage and Notary Law. Law Clerk to Associate Justice Antonio S. Negrón-Garcia, Puerto Rico Supreme Court, 1997-1998. Notary Public. Member, Puerto Rico Bar Examination Correcting and Drafting Committee, 2000—. Claims Counsel and Office Manager, Stewart Title Guaranty Co., San Juan, PR, 2003-2009. Member: Puerto Rico and Federal Bar Associations. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Federal Civil Practice; Real Estate Title. Email: Berenice B. Bellotti |
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