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DLA Piper Puerto Rico Offices
OCHOA BUILDING
500 CALLE DE LA TANCA, SUITE 401
SAN JUAN, PR 00901-1969
Puerto Rico
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Margarita Mercado
Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Position
Partner
Career
Margarita Mercado focuses her practice in the area of litigation and regulatory.
From 2013 to 2016, Margarita served as solicitor general for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a role in which she litigated prominent cases before the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and the US Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Following her tenure as solicitor general, Margarita was a solo practitioner handling civil litigation before the Commonwealth courts, the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, as well as administrative agencies.
Education
LL.M., Columbia University School of Law; J.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Law; A.B., University of Puerto Rico
Lawyer Rankings
Puerto Rico > Dispute resolution and bankruptcy
Leveraging the experience of its team and the bench strength of a global network spanning the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region, the dispute resolution team at DLA Piper Puerto Rico
assists local authorities, financial institutions, individuals, and national and multinational corporates across such sectors as energy, financial services, technology and healthcare with complex, high-stakes arbitration and commercial litigation. The firm’s full service extends to claims related to breach of contract, damages, employment matters, distribution agreements, intellectual property and consumer rights. In addition, the firm has a dedicated white-collar crime and investigations group. The team is led by experienced litigator and arbitrator Margarita Mercado, who previously served as the Solicitor General for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and white-collar crime expert Nereida Melendez-Rivera, who joined the firm with Sonia Torres-Pabón, the other former founder of Meléndez Torres Law, PSC and a former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, in July 2022. Another key figure is of counsel Mariana Muñiz-Lara, who brings strength to matters involving intellectual property and employment law.