DLA Piper Puerto Rico

White Collar and Corporate Crime; Compliance

Partner

Sonia I. Torres Pabón, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, is an experienced trial attorney. She has conducted numerous corporate investigations related to fraud and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as well as advised on the Bank Secrecy Act, the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the False Claims Act and drug diversion matters.

Before entering private practice, Sonia was the Chief of the Criminal Division for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and a formal naval judge advocate. During her 12-year tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney, she investigated and tried complex white-collar, violent crime, money-laundering and drug-trafficking cases. Sonia additionally argued numerous appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Sonia has commented on high-profile corruption cases out of the District of Puerto Rico for a variety of media outlets.

English; Spanish

American College of Trial Lawyers

Women’s White Collar Defense Association

J.D., Inter American University of Puerto Rico 1986 cum laude J.D., Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico 1990