Category Archives: News & Events

2016 Summer Associate Selected

Neyla Ortiz (Associate & Program Director) announced that the following student has been selected for the Firm’s 2016 Summer Associates Program: Emmanuel Loubriel Carreras: Emmanuel is a second year student at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He has a bachelor degree in Accounting from the same university and is a Certified Public

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2016 Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition (ETAC) Teams Selected

ETAC 2016 Press Release San Juan, Puerto Rico – January 21, 2016 –Estrella, LLC is pleased to announce that the fourteen schools selected to participate in the 2016 Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition (ETAC) are: (1) Emory University School of Law; (2) Fordham University School of Law; (3) University of Virginia; (4) Interamerican University of Puerto Rico

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Paul Hammer Published in Paradigm Fall 2015 Edition

“Privilege and Expert Discovery in Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings” by Paul Hammer. This article includes a discussion of how basic federal litigation practice principles can be applied in the handling of bankruptcy adversary proceedings as to privilege and expert discovery. Please contact our Bankruptcy/Financial Reorganization Practice Manager Paul Hammer at phammer@estrellallc.com if you have any questions or

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Estrella LLC Listed as Top Ranked Go To Firm

Estrella LLC has been listed as a 2015 Top Ranked “Go-To Firm” by the publisher of Corporate Counsel and The National Law Journal. The rankings are determined based on searches public records to find outside counsel used by the Fortune 500 across seven key litigation areas.

Firm Announces New United States Virgin Island Practice

The Firm is proud to announce that attorney Christopher Brookhart has joined the firm for the launch of a new U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S.V.I.) practice group. See Press Release USVI Practice (00215621xA0984). Estrella, LLC will represent clients across the U.S. Virgin Islands in a diverse range of litigation, transactional and employment law matters.  Our lawyers

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