Carla S. Loubriel Carrión

Complex Commercial and Civil Litigation; Civil Appellate Practice; Administrative Law; Arbitration; General Contract Law; Public Contracts and Procurement; Distribution and Franchise Law; Health Law; Insurance Law.

Casellas Alcover & Burgos, P.S.C. (since 2012), Partner. Practices general civil and commercial litigation, with corporate and regulatory counseling; principal experience in health law, distribution and franchise law, and insurance litigation; representation and advice across a wide range of commercial matters at trial and appellate levels before state and federal courts, in local administrative proceedings, and in arbitrations. Prior experience includes: Law Clerk to Hon. Juan R. Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2011–2012; Law Clerk to Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpí, U.S. District Court: District of Puerto Rico, 2008–2010. Research Aide, Columbia Center for Climate Change Law; Intern, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York Urban Program.

Admitted to the Bar: Puerto Rico, 2009; U.S. District Court: District of Puerto Rico, 2009; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Federal Bar Association (Puerto Rico Chapter, Director on the Board since 2022, former President 2024-2025); Puerto Rico Bar Association member, since 2009; Fellow, Foundation of the Federal Bar Association, since 2024.

Co-author, "Litigating Dealer Termination Cases in Puerto Rico," Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 36, No. 4 (ABA Spring 2017); Author, "Métodos alternos adscritos a los tribunales y el caso de Puerto Rico" [Court-Annexed ADR and the Case of Puerto Rico], 77 Rev. Jur. U.P.R. 1331 (2008).

Appointed by Hon. Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, Chief U.S. District Judge, P.R., as Chair of Merit Selection Panel for the Re-Nomination of a U.S. Magistrate Judge (2025), and to Merit Selection Panel for the Appointment of a U.S. Magistrate Judge (2024); Appointed to the First Circuit Juducial Conference Planning Committee (2024-2025); Appointed to the Rules Advisory Committee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (2019–2022).

Yale University

B.A., with Distinction, Political Science and Latin American Studies

2001 - 2005

University of Puerto Rico

J.D., magna cum laude; Director & Editor-in-Chief, University of Puerto Rico Law Review

2005 - 2008

Columbia University

LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

2010 - 2011

Puerto Rico, state and federal jurisdictions.