OF COUNSEL ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS

 

We currently have a network of attorneys and staff that assist our firm in meeting all of our clients’ needs. Our professional staff are experienced in commercial litigation, bankruptcy and commercial transactions.

A complete list of the attorneys and professionals included in our network, and their particular expertise, is available for your review upon request.

MYRNA L. RUIZ-OLMO, ESQ.

Special Bankruptcy Counsel

Mrs. Ruiz-Olmo concentrates her practice in the areas of bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency, workouts, and complex litigation. She has counseled and represented debtors, creditors and trustees in collection actions, foreclosures, workouts, restructuring, business reorganizations and general bankruptcy matters. She also has broad litigation experience in general civil and commercial litigation before state, federal and administrative forums, at trial and appellate levels, in matters related to tort litigation, contractual disputes, retail, telecommunications, construction and real estate.

Mrs. Ruiz-Olmo has worked in some of Puerto Rico’s top law firms, including McConnell Valdés, LLC and as a Special Counsel in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency practice group of O'Neill & Borges, LLC. She also served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Brian K. Tester, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Puerto Rico. During law school she worked as student law clerk to Hon. Daniel R. Dominguez, U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.

Mrs. Ruiz-Olmo has served on the Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico. She is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Bar and the Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association. She has served as a panelist in seminars on collection practices, bankruptcy law and the UCC Code, and ad-hoc lecturer in the bankruptcy class at Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, School of Law.

She currently serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of Jump$tart Puerto Rico and Rainforest Kids Child Development Center.

Legal Publications:

  • Speaker at Fundamentals of Bankruptcy and the UCC of Puerto Rico seminar on: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act seminar and, Persons and Transactions Covered Under FDCPA (April 2007).

  • Speaker at E-Discovery Roundtable on the Consequences of Inadequate Management of Retention Programs (November 2007).