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Jose A. B. Nolla

Nolla, Palou & Casellas, LLC

30 years of experience
Business Law, Collections, Construction Law ...
Puerto Rico

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Biography

Our firm acts as Puerto Rico counsel representing a diverse client base ranging from local, national, and international companies, to medium and smaller businesses, commercial clients and individuals.

Practice Areas

Business Law: Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Collections

Construction Law: Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Employment Law: Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Landlord Tenant: Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights

Real Estate Law: Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Puerto Rico
Since 1994

1st Circuit
Since 1994

Languages

English: Spoken, Written
Spanish: Spoken, Written

Professional Experience

Member: Nolla, Palou & Casellas, LLC; 2006 - Current; Puerto Rico Attorney and Public Notary whose areas of practice include Employment and Corporate Law, Real Estate & Construction Law, and Litigation. Our Puerto Rico law firm has plenty of big firm, corporate and litigation experience, but we run a small firm with small firm rates and flexible arrangements.

Capital Partner: McConnell Valdes; 1993 - 2006; Mainly practiced labor and employment law, but worked on establishment of operations in Puerto Rico, mergers and acquisitions, sales and purchases of assets, reductions in force, closing of operations, employment and wage and hour audits and litigation. Within the labor and employment law, my practice included purported class actions, discrimination (disability, age, sexual), reprisals and harassment actions before the local and federal courts. Also worked on ADR, real estate, construction and collection matters. Was the publisher of their Labor Perspectives and Labor Update publications (1997-98) and an editor of the Memos to Clients & Friends (2003-06). Wrote on employment law issues, and lectured to clients and friends on current legal topics.

Education

Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law: J.D.; 1990 - 1993; Law Review; Honors: Cum Laude, Associate Editor of the Law Review

University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez: BSBA; 1985 - 1990; Major in Finance and Minor in Marketing.; Activities: American Marketing Association; Fi Sigma Alfa Fraternity (Treasurer); College of Business Administration Student Council President.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT Center for Real Estate, Professional Development Summer Institute. Courses in Real Estate Development, Negotiations, and Real Estate Finance. 1997 & 2000.