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Arturo J. García-Solá

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Work Department

Litigation Practice Group

Position

Capital Member, Litigation Practice Group and McV’s Managing Director

Career

Mr. García-Solá has developed a general civil and commercial litigation practice with emphasis in insurance litigation, franchise and distribution laws, constitutional law, contractual disputes, healthcare and trusts and estates litigation. He also has significant experience in government and legislative affairs, municipal financing, and has dealt with many bankruptcy matters.

Mr. García-Solá has argued three times before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, the highest court in Puerto Rico which allows oral arguments only in few cases of significant public interest, such as Watchtower Bible Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Santa Isabel, Civil No. 04-1452(GAG), where he made an oral argument as Amicus Curiae on behalf of three hospitality industry clients in a certification to the Puerto Rico Supreme Court made by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.  In this case, the District Court certified to the Puerto Rico Supreme Court the question of whether private roads are permitted under Puerto Rico law.

His litigation practice has ranged from handling complex settlement negotiations to leading the litigation strategy in administrative proceedings before Puerto Rico’s Department of the Treasury. He also practices extensively before the federal courts, both at trial and appellate levels, and the United States Supreme Court.

His recent cases include representing AmeriNat, the largest single creditor in the Title III proceeding for the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority and a significant creditor in the Title III case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and acting as lead counsel in two complex Consent Decree litigations: one representing the Puerto Rico Police Bureau and the other representing the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and particularly its Division for Services for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, concerning allegations of violations of civil and constitutional rights.

Mr. García-Solá has been McV’s Managing Director for over 20 years.

Languages

English & Spanish