DLA Piper Puerto Rico

Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Partner

Margarita Mercado-Echegaray leads the litigation practice group in the San Juan Office. She focuses her practice in the areas of litigation, arbitration, regulatory, and professional ethics.

From 2013 to 2016, Margarita served as Solicitor General for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a role in which she litigated prominent cases before the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and the US Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit involving complex and high-profile civil, criminal, constitutional, administrative and regulatory controversies. Following her tenure as solicitor general, Margarita was a solo practitioner handling civil litigation before the Commonwealth courts, the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, as well as administrative agencies.

LL.M., Columbia University School of Law 2009 J.D., University of Puerto Rico School of Law 2006 A.B., University of Puerto Rico 2003