McConnell Valdés LLC

Litigation Practice Group

Capital Member and and Vice-Chair, Litigation Practice Group and Leader, Maritime Practice Team

His practice focuses on maritime and admiralty law matters, high profile commercial construction disputes, distribution/franchise disputes, insurance litigation, and lender liability cases. His other practice areas include the defense of personal injury and wrongful death claims, and handling termination or non-renewal disputes under The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.

He provides correspondent services to some of the most important protection and indemnity clubs in the maritime field and has successfully defended them from complex personal injury complaints and cargo claims.

Mr. Freese, who has significant bench and jury trial experience, successfully defended a multinational publicly-traded company from one of the first “whistle blower” claims brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act filed in Puerto Rico.