Arturo García-Solá

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

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

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 practices extensively before the federal courts, both at trial and appellate levels, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. García-Solá has argued three times before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, which allows oral arguments only in few cases of significant public interest and has appeared many times before the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Career

He is the firm's Managing Director since June 2002. He holds a leading role in various practice teams, including government affairs, bankruptcy & workouts, distribution & franchising, Cuba, class action litigation, trusts & estates and insurance litigation. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Columbia University Law School.

Personal

Mr. García-Solá is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico.