Background
Escoriaza, Phillip A. was born on December 11, 1967 in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Escoriaza, Phillip A. was born on December 11, 1967 in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1990). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1995). Spoken languages: Spanish, French.
Worked at Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, Professional Corporation (New Haven, Connecticut) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Personal Injury, Criminal, Constitutional, Unfair Competition, Antitrust, Securities, Environmental, Employment, Real Estate, Construction and Family Law Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1995, Connecticut.
1996, New York, Puerto Rico and United States.
District Court, District of Puerto Rico and District of Connecticut. Assistant to the President, Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, 1991- 1992.
Assistant to the Counselor to the Governor, Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico, 1990-1991. Member: Connecticut and New York State Bar Associations.
Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico.
In 1947, Howard A. Jacobs joined the law practice of his father, Israel J. Jacobs, who began his law practice in New Haven in 1918. The present firm, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, Professional Corporation, has grown to 18 lawyers, with offices occupying all four floors of two joined and restored red brick townhouses, within walking distance of both the state and federal court houses. The firm concentrates almost entirely on litigation.
lieutenant represents plaintiffs in all types of personal injury claims, including those occurring through medical malpractice and product liability.
lieutenant represents people in the defense of all types of criminal charges. lieutenant also represents people in family law litigation, in employment discrimination and wrongful discharge matters, and in other civil disputes.
Increasingly during the last two decades, the firm has represented businesses in a broad range of civil and criminal disputes, including antitrust and business torts, securities litigation, breach of contract, employment, franchise and environmental litigation as well as civil and criminal RICO matters. The firm"s practice is statewide in both state and federal courts.
Its resources include a law library containing more than 7,000 volumes, computerized legal research and a staff of seven legal assistants and an investigator.
Member: Connecticut and New York State Bar Associations. Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico.