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The National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Taps Kenneth Suria to Serve as Faculty in the DC Advanced Advocates Program

Once again the attorneys at Estrella, LLC are at the forefront of litigation and trial advocacy. This time, Puerto Rico Trial Skills Program Director and Faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (“NITA”), firm Member Ken Suria, was invited to teach at its prestigious D.C. Advanced Advocates Program for experienced trial lawyers. The Program

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Caribbean Business Publishes Article by Jose Melendez: Have you done your business risk assessment lately?

Legal Tidbits: Have you done your business risk assessment lately? We normally talk about preventive medicine to keep our bodies working adequately — taking vitamins, watch 0what we eat, get annual medical check-ups and exercise. Any business needs similar preventive measures because it is more important to prevent issues than trying to solve them once

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Popular Risk (a division of Banco Popular) Acquires GBC

Banco Popular Acquires GBC We would like to congratulate our client GBC, and our friends Luis and Marcos, for the successful sale of their business to Banco Popular.  Estrella, LLC, led by our Corporate Practice Manager Pedro Barceló, served as GBC’s legal counsel for this transaction.  Best wishes for continued success!

Estrella, LLC’s Ken Suria and Alberto Estrella and GWU Law School Dean David Johnson Judge GW Upper-level Mock Trial Competition

GWU Law School’s Upper-level Mock Trial Competition was held on Saturday, October 25. 3Ls David Seidel & Sean Callaghan won the competition. The final bench was composed of Alberto Estrella (JD ’94), Estrella LLC (San Juan, PR); Ken Suria, Estrella LLC (San Juan, PR); and Dean David Johnson. David Seidel was also selected as the

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NRF Foundation Releases Study Shedding Light on Benefits of Retail Jobs

NRF Foundation Report A new study by University of Georgia economist Jeffrey H. Dorfman, and released by the NRF Foundation, indicates that careers in the retail industry are financially rewarding and that employees who decide to make full-time careers in retail can rise rapidly from entry-level positions into well-paying management and executive positions. Professor Dorfman’s

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