PUERTO RICO Trends and Developments Contributed by: Ricardo F. Casellas Sánchez and Carla S. Loubriel Carrión Casellas Alcover & Burgos Casellas Alcover & Burgos (CAB) excels at litiga - tion and litigation prevention. CAB has a litigation team of more than ten lawyers, paralegals and staff equipped to handle complex litigation at all levels in the Puerto Rico and federal courts, as well as arbi - trations. CAB has remained a small contingent of at - torneys by choice. It is an effective way to guaran - tee a leader’s direct involvement and supervision of cases. The most senior attorneys write their motions and briefs, draft discovery requests, prepare and take
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depositions, and try cases. CAB’s litigation group has a proven track record of winning federal jury trials, bench trials in local courts, appeals, and arbitrations in commercial cases with an emphasis on contract claims, distribution laws, healthcare and intellectual property. Many cases entrusted to CAB are bet-the- company or of first impression, especially those un - der Puerto Rico’s Dealer’s Contract Act No. 75 and health law.
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Ricardo F. Casellas Sánchez is a founding partner of Casellas Alcover & Burgos, where he practises complex commercial litigation, distribution and franchising law, antitrust, product liability and First
Carla S. Loubriel Carrión is a partner at Casellas Alcover & Burgos practising complex commercial and civil litigation with principal
experience in health law, distribution and franchise law, and insurance. She appears at trial and on appeal before the Puerto Rico and federal courts, in administrative proceedings and in arbitration. She clerked for US District Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí and First Circuit Judge Juan R. Torruella. A past president of the Federal Bar Association’s Puerto Rico chapter, she has served on two federal Merit Selection Panels for US Magistrate Judges and on the First Circuit’s Rules Advisory Committee.
Amendment defence at trial and on appeal. He has served as lead counsel in over 70 reported federal cases and counsel of record in 22 First Circuit appeals, including civil jury trials in federal court. He clerked for First Circuit Judge Juan R. Torruella, US District Judge José A. Fusté and Magistrate Judge Justo Arenas, sits as an arbitrator for the AAA and ICDR, and mediates for the US District Court of Puerto Rico. Casellas Alcover & Burgos, P.S.C. GAM Tower, Suite 400 2 Tabonuco San Patricio, Puerto Rico 00968 PO Box 364924 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4924 Tel: +787 756 1400 Fax: +787 756 1401 Email: rcasellas@cabprlaw.com; cloubriel@cabprlaw.com Web: www.cabprlaw.com
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