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Announcing the 2024 Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico™

Best Lawyers is proud to announce the 11th edition of The Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico™, honoring the top lawyers and firms across the country for 2024.

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November 8, 2023 09:00 PM

The Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico™ Awards

For 2024, The Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico™ has launched its 11th edition. These awards include 345 honorees in 45 individual practice areas.

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Of the unique practice areas in which lawyers were awarded in Puerto Rico, these are the top ten with the most honorees: Litigation, Corporate and M&A Law, Labor and Employment Law, Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Administrative Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Intellectual Property Law.

Individuals seeking legal guidance and services in Puerto Rico turned to www.bestlawyers.com to find and source lawyers in several practice areas. The top ten most searched practice areas were: Litigation, Professional Malpractice Litigation, Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice, Product Liability Litigation, Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Arbitration and Mediation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Competition / Antitrust Law and Corporate and M&A Law.

A Brief History of Best Lawyers

For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has utilized our Purely Pure Review™ methodology to award the top legal talent in several countries. We are proud to now be in 22 markets worldwide. As we usher in 2024, Best Lawyers is excited to publish this year’s awards for The Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico.

“Lawyer of the Year” Awards

This year, we are also proud to recognize 27 “Lawyer of the Year” awards. "Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers.

Casellas Alcover & Burgos
Ricardo F. Casellas-Sánchez – Franchise Law

Charles A. Cuprill
Charles A. Cuprill-Hernández – Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Coto & Associates
Ramón Coto-Ojeda – Product Liability Litigation

DLA Piper
Manuel López-Zambrana – Tax Law

Estrella
Alberto G. EstrellaAdministrative Law

Goldman Antonetti & Cordova
Carlos A. Rodríguez-Vidal – Arbitration and Mediation

Graffam & Biaggi
Keith A. Graffam – Medical Malpractice Litigation

Jiménez, Graffam & Lausell
William A. Graffam – Maritime Law

McConnell Valdés
Carlos J. Fernández-LugoLand Use and Zoning Law
Carlos J. Villafañe-Real Employee Benefits Law
Ernesto N. MayoralBanking and Finance Law
María Teresa Szendrey-Ramosv – Trusts and Estates
Salvador F. CasellasProject Finance and Development Practice

O'Neill & Borges
Alfredo Alvarez-IbáñezCorporate and M&A Law
Christian M. Echavarri-Junco – Health Care Law
Jerry Lucas MarreroEnergy Law
Salvador J. Antonetti-StuttsAppellate Practice

Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez
Donald E. Hull – Real Estate Law
Eduardo J. Arias – Debt & Equity
Edwin R. Cruz – Environmental Law
Jaime E. Santos – Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
María D. Trelles-Hernández – Intellectual Property Law
Néstor M. Méndez-Gómez – Competition / Antitrust Law

Pizarro & González
Jorge C. Pizarro-GarcíaLabor and Employment Law

Reichard & Escalera
Rafael Escalera RodríguezLitigation

Rivero-Vergne Law Offices
José L. Rivero-Vergne – Personal Injury Litigation

Sánchez-Betances, Sifre & Muñoz-Noya
Luis Sánchez-Betances – Insurance Law

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