Background
Viera-Rabelo, Vanessa was born on November 17, 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Viera-Rabelo, Vanessa was born on November 17, 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
University of Sacred Heart, Puerto Rico (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1988). Duquesne University (Juris Doctor, 1991). Spoken languages: Spanish and English.
Worked at Mercado & Soto (San Juan, Puerto Rico) specializing in General Civil Practice, Federal Practice and Commonwealth Courts Litigation and Trial Practice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Labor and Employment Law, Fire, Automobile and General Insurance Defense, Commercial Law, Property, Surety, Casualty, Aviation, Real Estate, Constitutional Law, Legal Malpractice and Professional Liability, Environmental Law, Arbitration, Complex and Multidistrict Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1993, Puerto Rico and United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
1994, United States.
District Court, District of Puerto Rico. Staff Writer for Juris, Duquesne Law School News Magazine Volume 24. Author: "Will Puerto Rico Become the 51st State?," Juris Volume 24, Issue 3, 1990-1991.
Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico.
Federal, American and Hispanic National Bar Associations. Mercado & Soto was founded in 1988 by Adrián Mercado, who has devoted his entire professional life engaged in litigation.
Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico. Federal, American and Hispanic National Bar Associations.