McConnell Valdés LLC

Labor & Employment Practice Group

Capital Member and Chair, Labor & Employment Law Practice Group. Leader, Immigration Practice Team and Co-Leader, Retail Industry Practice Team

As Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Practice Group Ms. Montaner-Sevillano brings to the table her extensive experience in the field and she is able to provide a deep understanding of the intricacies of conducting business in Puerto Rico as well as a unique awareness of the importance of budget supervision and controls.

Ms. Montaner-Sevillano concentrates her practice in employment rights laws. She provides counseling and litigation defense in cases filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Title VII, the ADEA, WARN, workers' compensation, wage and hour laws, wrongful discharge, and all other types of employment discrimination, retaliation, leave of absence, and whistle-blower laws.

She also provides support in labor an employment matters related to corporate and operational restructures, mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, transfers of employees, as well as reductions in force, plant closings and mass lay offs.

Throughout her career she has won many complex precedent-setting cases for employers,  including García v. Darex, which has been repeatedly cited by the the P.R. courts, regarding the P.R. Workers Accident Compensation Act , a leave of absence and reinstatement rights of injured workers versus an employer's just cause for discharge under Act 80 of 1976.