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Maité Medero-Benítez

Maité Medero-Benítez

Estrella LLC, Puerto Rico

Work Department

Labour and Employment

Position

Associate

Career

Maité Medero first joined Estrella, LLC in 2009.  Her professional career began in 2006 at Ramos & Toyos Law Offices where she focused on labor & employment law, gaining extensive experience in both private industry and the public sector. At Estrella, she expanded labor & employment law practice advising and representing Puerto Rico’s largest employers.  Additionally, developed an active litigation practice at Estrella, with an emphasis on assisting retail clients. Ms. Medero also became a sought-after speaker and trainer in human resources matters.  Thru her involvement in the Association of Human Resources Professionals, which she presided in 2019, she became an industry leader.

Ms. Medero left the Firm in 2021 to finish a LLM in Business Law from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.  Having completed her degree, Ms. Medero returns to Estrella LLC to lead the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice, a vibrant and growing practice.

 Bar Admissions

Puerto Rico/2006

 Court Admissions

U. S. District Court for Puerto Rico/2009 U. S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit/2009

Languages

English, Spanish

Memberships

Puerto Rico/2006 Asociación de Profesionales en Relaciones Laborales/President, 2019/Member of the Board, 2016-18 Federal Bar Association SHRM, Puerto Rico Chapter Puerto Rico Bar Association Board Member, Asociación Profesionales Relaciones Laborales (Association of Labor Relations Professionals)/Member since 2012/Elected to Board in 2016, 2017 & 2018/Elected President for 2019

Education

University of Puerto Rico School of Law/LLM in Business Law/2022 University of Puerto Rico School of Law/J.D./2005 University of Puerto Rico/B.S./2002/Magna Cum Laude

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