Del Toro & Santana is a litigation-specialized boutique law firm based in San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

 serving national and local clients. Primarily dealing in complex litigation and legal counseling, it is listed in Martindale-Hubbell's

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-History:The 140-year history of Martindale-Hubbell begins with two separate publications:The Martindale DirectoryThe Martindale Directory was first published in 1868 by James B. Martindale, a lawyer and businessman...

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Del Toro & Santana offers services in the areas of Trial Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice, Construction Law, Real Estate and Title Litigation, Distribution and Dealership Law, Employment Law and Litigation, Insurance and Surety Coverage as well as Commercial Contract Litigation.

It represents clients in a broad range of industries including such companies as: CITGO

Citgo

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a United States-incorporated, Venezuela-owned refiner, transporter and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products. The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de...

, Cunningham Lindsey, Eaton Corporation

Eaton Corporation

Eaton Corporation is a global diversified power management company with 2010 sales of $13.7 billion. The company is a leading provider of electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment;...

, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States government corporation created by the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, currently up to $250,000 per depositor per bank. , the FDIC insures deposits at...

, Fidelity National Financial

Fidelity National Financial

Fidelity National Financial , headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA , is a Fortune 500 company that provides real estate and financial services...

, France Telecom

France Télécom

France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...

, GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom...

, MTV Networks

MTV Networks

MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operations of many television channels and Internet brands, including the original MTV channel in the United States...

, PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....

, Siemens

Siemens

Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...

, The Home Depot

The Home Depot

The Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States , Canada , Mexico and China, with a 12-store chain...

, The St. Paul/Travelers Co., William Morris Agency

William Morris Agency

WME is the largest talent agency in the world, with offices in Beverly Hills, New York City, Nashville, London, and Miami. WME represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production...

, Crowley Maritime

Crowley Maritime

Crowley Maritime Corporation, based in Jacksonville, Florida, and founded in 1892, is primarily a family and employee-owned company that provides transportation and logistics services in U.S...

 and Walgreens

Walgreens

Walgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded...

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History

Founded in 1984 by Russell Del Toro and Roberto Santana, Del Toro & Santana stands out as a specialized litigation law firm in Puerto Rico. A merger in 1988 with the law firm of former Puerto Rico Governor Carlos Romero Barceló

Carlos Romero Barceló

Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fifth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001, making him one of the more successful...

, brought about a name change for the firm to Romero Barceló, Del Toro & Santana. In 1992 the firm changed its name back to Del Toro & Santana when former governor Romero Barceló was elected as Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years...

 in Washington, DC and had to withdraw from the firm due to his return to public service as a member of Congress.

The firm was also involved in several landmark cases including defending one of the owners and several related entities in the Dupont Plaza Hotel arson

Dupont Plaza Hotel arson

The Dupont Plaza Hotel fire was a fire that occurred at the Hotel Dupont Plaza in San Juan, Puerto Rico on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1986....

 case (the largest civil litigation case in U.S. history at the time) as well as the infamous "Carpetas" case (the largest mass tort case ever filed in the history of Puerto Rico).

Partners

Russell Del Toro is a recognized lecturer on federal civil litigation and was the first Hispanic to serve as National President of The Federal Bar Association (2001–02).

Roberto Santana is an authority in Puerto Rico Construction Law and has co-authored several books on the subject, including one published by the ABA

American Bar Association

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Osvaldo Puig is an active member of the Puerto Rico Bar Association

Puerto Rico Bar Association

The Puerto Rico Bar Association or Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico was founded in the 19th century and has evolved into an organization in which until 2009; all practicing attorneys must have been members in order to practice law in the United States territory of Puerto Rico...

and of the Federal Bar Association.