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Jaime Sanabria Montañez
Work Department
Partner at Labor Law, Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration, Privacy and Data Protection, and Cybersecurity
Position
Partner
Career
Jaime L. Sanabria-Montañez is Partner at ECIJA’s Labor Law, Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration, Privacy and Data Protection, and Cybersecurity practice areas, and has a professional experience of more than 16 years in advising Puertorrican and international companies in said areas.
He focuses his practice on defending claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, leaves, disability and accommodation, and wage-and-hour issues. A seasoned trial and appellate litigator, Mr. Sanabria regularly appears before Puerto Rico and federal courts, as well as quasi-judicial administrative forums. He also advises clients on myriad labor and employment matters.
As a long-time adjunct professor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Mr. Sanabria teaches employment law, federal employment discrimination, and international and comparative workplace law. He also teaches labor and employment law to judges at the Puerto Rico Judicial Academy and is a member of the Puerto Rico Board of Examiners for the Admission to the Puerto Rico Bar. Mr. Sanabria has published several law review articles – one of which was recently cited by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court in Santiago Nieves v. Braulio Agosto Motors, 2017 T.S.P.R. 24 (2017) – on Puerto Rico employment and labor law. He is a frequent speaker at seminars for professional groups and clients, such as the Society for Human Resources and Management, the University of Puerto Rico School of Law Pro Bono Program, and the National Business Institute.
Languages
Jaime speaks Spanish and English.
Education
Mr. Sanabria clerked for Puerto Rico Supreme Court Justice Baltasar Corrada del Rio. A magna cum laude graduate (B.A. and J.D) of the University of Puerto Rico, Mr. Sanabria also holds a 2002 LL.B. from the University of Barcelona Faculty of Law, as well as a 2005 LL.M. from Columbia University. He is admitted to practice before the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, the United States District Court of Puerto Rico, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First and District of Columbia Circuits.
Lawyer Rankings
Puerto Rico > Labour and employment
(Leading partners)The experienced team at ECIJA SBGB brings expertise to advising local start-ups, insurers, NGOs and multinational corporates, including Coca-Cola and Oracle, across the food and beverages, construction, automotive, medical devices, IT, manufacturing, professional services, tech and energy sectors, on a diverse spectrum of labour and employment matters, including regulatory compliance, collective bargaining negotiations, and arbitration and high-stakes litigation involving claims of wrongful termination, discrimination and retaliation. In addition, the team assists with employee leave, disability accommodation requests and wage-and-hour issues. The practice is headed by office founding members Antonio García Ramírez, who assists clients with dismissals and reductions in force, employee disciplinary matters and internal investigations, and Jaime Sanabria Montañez, who, in addition to labour law, specialises in privacy and data protection matters, as well as Enrique del Cueto, who brings expertise to single-plaintiff and multi-plaintiff litigation, at all stages. Other key figures include Anfranz Vázquez Bragan, who, alongside managing labour disputes, focuses on employment issues in the sports and entertainment areas, and Pedro Cruz-Pérez, who draws on substantial experience of handling disputes in judicial and arbitration forums.