Alberto G. Estrella > Estrella LLC > San Juan, Puerto Rico > Lawyer Profile

Estrella LLC
150 TETUAN STREET
OLD SAN JUAN
00901
Puerto Rico

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial

Position

Managing Member

Career

Alberto Estrella is a Member of the firm and its Managing Member. Since Alberto joined the firm in 1994, he has been involved in hundreds of trials and earned a reputation as a distinguished and sought-after trial lawyer. He is involved in litigation and asked to advise business clients on a diverse variety of matters, including commercial and contract disputes, complex litigation, premises liability and insurance defense, antitrust and business regulation, federal laws and litigation, trademarks and copyrights, administrative law, health law, corporate law, franchise law and many other areas in the firm.

Bar Admissions

  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico/1996
  • Washington, DC/1995
  • Commonwealth of Virginia/1994

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit/1994
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals/1995
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit/1994
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit/1994
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico/1995
  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico/1996
  • U.S. Supreme Court/2003

Languages

Spanish & English

Memberships

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Federal Bar Association. Served on Board of Directors of the local chapter from 1998-2003 & 2007.
  • Member, Hispanic Bar Association. Formed part of the Supreme Court Committee, a committee formed to promote the appointment of a Hispanic to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • FINRA certified neutral securities arbitrator
  • World Bank’s Doing Business Reports (a comprehensive annual report that rates  the competitiveness of hundreds of countries)/Collaborator

Education

  • George Washington University School of Law/J.D./1994/Cum Laude
  • The Pennsylvania State University/B.A./1991

Lawyer Rankings

Puerto Rico > Dispute resolution and bankruptcy

(Leading individuals)

Alberto EstrellaEstrella LLC

The experienced team at Estrella LLC brings expertise to provide a one-stop shop for litigation and dispute resolution matters. With a client base of major insurers and household-name multinationals such as The Home Depot and American Airlines, across such areas as energy, real estate, aviation, healthcare, government and education, the practice displays particular strength in representing clients in commercial and liability litigation in the retail sector. Alberto Estrella acts as managing partner, bring over 20 years of litigation experience in both state and federal courts, with notable expertise in cyber litigation. Kenneth Suria and Andrés Colberg-Trigo lead the respective federal and state litigation practices. Consumer affairs division head Luis Morera specialises in defending administrative claims. Acting on behalf of individual and business debtors, creditors, and creditors’ committees, Carlos Infante leads the reorganisation and bankruptcy group.

Puerto Rico > Corporate, commercial and banking

(Leading individuals)

Alberto EstrellaEstrella LLC

Estrella LLC channels the bench strength of its team to advise household-name multinationals including Walmart, The Home Depot and Microsoft involved in complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions. With a client base spanning such sectors as aviation, energy, retail, telecoms, financial services, manufacturing and media, the firm’s comprehensive offering extends to matter ranging from stock and asset purchases and sales, corporate governance, due diligence, joint ventures and restructurings to litigation concerning control disputes among business owners, directors and officers. The team is headed by Neysha Natal-Castro, who brings expertise in M&A, in addition to advising on industrial, agricultural and tourism tax incentive grants. Managing partner Alberto Estrella provides experience in commercial and contractual disputes, franchise law, premises liability, antitrust and business regulation, and administrative law matters. At the associate level, Mayra Artiles Fonseca, in addition to general corporate matters, assists with intellectual property, privacy law and data protection, and business immigration issues, and Alejandro García specialises in franchising. Special counsel José Meléndez Alfonzo joined in March 2022, having served as in-house counsel at Puma Energy.