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De León, Ruth was born on March 17, 1940 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Ruth De León
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University of Puerto Rico (Bachelor of Science, 1963. Juris Doctor, 1975); spoken languages: English and Spanish.
Career
Worked at A.J. Bennazar-Zequeira Law Offices (San Juan, Puerto Rico) specializing in General Civil and Commercial Practice and Litigation. Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy. Administrative, Corporate, Taxes and Tax Exemption, Real Estate, Trademarks and Copyrights, Construction, Health, Torts, Labor Litigation, Land Use and Development, Zoning and Environmental Law.
International Commercial Transactions.
Trials. Civil and Commercial Arbitration. Notarial Matters.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Puerto Rico.
1976, United States. District Court, District of Puerto Rico.
Compliance Officer, In-house Legal Division., The Chase Manhattan Bank, NA and Chase Securities (Puerto Rico), Incorporated., 1986-1990. Legal Counsel, Securities Division, Offices of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1990-1992.
Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico. This general service firm has continuously represented several major institutional commercial clients, regulatory agencies of the United States. government and a number of financial institutions, as well as a broad spectrum of business enterprises such as land developers, manufacturers, importers and exporters of goods, hotels, hospitals, advertising agencies, merchants, dealers, retail store chains, insurance companies and others
The firm has successfully handled complicated corporate acquisitions, reorganizations and mergers, as well as the obtention of tax exemption and other fiscal incentives for clients in the manufacturing, service and tourism industries.
The firm has substantial experience in major commercial litigation and arbitration, including distributorship disputes, international commercial transactions and contract litigation. Personal Injury, wrongful discharge and family law matters including estates, conjugal partnership liquidations and divorces have been successfully handled since the firm"s founding.
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Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico.
