Liliana Rodríguez Rivera
Caguas
Summary
Legal professional with over fourteen years of litigation experience in highly regulated consumer driven industries.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Counsel (Director)
Genera PR LLC
08.2023 - 11.2024
- Company Overview: Energy
- Oversaw legal matters at local, federal, and administrative levels.
- Revision, draft and analysis of contracts compliance with governmental and federal contracting requirements
- Evaluated agreements to facilitate renegotiation, termination, and dispute resolution.
- Facilitated vendor negotiations and contract agreements.
- Advice senior management relating to corporate, contracts, employment matters, compliance with local laws and internal policies
- Liaise with outside counsel for employment and related matters
- Research, monitor and assess on new regulatory and law developments
- Energy
Counsel, Corporate Legal Division (Manager)
Popular, Inc
08.2018 - 08.2023
- Company Overview: Banking
- Managed claims related to regulations on privacy protection and financial industry standard practices.
- Served as designated contact in LD for Compliance Division on Retail and Consumer Groups regulatory claims.
- Handled drafting and analysis of various contracts and loan-related documents.
- Conducted research on emerging regulatory and legal changes for Consumer Lending & Retail groups.
- Working with Senior Management Teams for legal risk management of portfolios of over $5B in assets
- Lead and manage investigations, corrective actions and response to claims at state and federal regulatory agencies
- Assessed consumer contracts drafting and updates
- Draft and Implement new legal processes for internal management of claims and legal matters across the organisation and its subsidiaries that provided over $3.5M cost avoidance in the first year
- Overhauled risk protocols to facilitate integration of Reliable Financial acquisition into Popular risk management systems.
Legal Department Manager
Reliable Financial, a Division of Wells Fargo NA
11.2015 - 08.2018
- Led legal, litigation, and regulatory claims for a $3 billion auto loan portfolio.
- Directed cross-functional team of 25 in optimizing operational workflows.
- Collaborated with high-level decision-makers to support organizational goals.
- Managed and negotiated vendor and service providers contracts
- Spearheaded and developed automatisation with IT Group of deficiency collections that generated a 25% increase within six months.
Attorney at Law, Solo Practitioner
03.2014 - 11.2015
- Company Overview: (Legal Services)
- Representation of consumers and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, general civil and criminal litigation at state and federal Courts
- Provided legal counseling to corporations in the auto and food industry sectors regarding employment, security and health, OSHA
- (Legal Services)
Senior Associate Attorney
Almeida & Dávila, PSC.
12.2011 - 03.2014
- Representation of individuals and corporations in bankruptcy proceedings
- Litigation and research of applicable law to factual situations of consumer, mortgage and corporate bankruptcy cases in Chapters 7, 11 and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, consumer collections and foreclosure defense
- Managed adversary proceedings, pre-trial, evidentiary hearings and trial stages as first chair
- In addition, prepared bankruptcy plans for Chapter 11 and 13 cases, pleadings, budget analysis and financial projections analysis
- Supervision of eight (8) paralegal staff
Associate Attorney
Gratacós Law Offices
09.2008 - 12.2011
- Promoted to associate attorney upon approval of the bar in February 2011
- Assisted in the representation of individuals, corporations, farmers and creditors in bankruptcy cases mainly in Chapters 7, 11, 12 of the Bankruptcy Code, including analysis of financial projections, cash collateral litigation
Education
Graduate Certificate - Entertainment Law
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA12.2021
Master of Laws - Litigation And Dispute Resolution
Interamerican University of PR
San Juan, PR12.2014
Juris Doctor - Law
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR08.2010
Bachelor in Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
University of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico06.2006
Skills
- Multi jurisdictional Litigation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Contract Negotiation
- Legal Project Management
- Outside Counsel Management
- Conflict management & resolution
Languages
English
Spanish
Hobbies and Interests
Photography
Baradmissions
- Puerto Rico State Bar, 02/01/11
- US District Court, District of Puerto Rico, 01/01/11
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Cir., 01/01/12
- U. S. Supreme Court, 01/01/14
- Texas Bar Application, On Course
Timeline
Senior Counsel (Director)
Genera PR LLC
08.2023 - 11.2024
Counsel, Corporate Legal Division (Manager)
Popular, Inc
08.2018 - 08.2023
Legal Department Manager
Reliable Financial, a Division of Wells Fargo NA
11.2015 - 08.2018
Attorney at Law, Solo Practitioner
03.2014 - 11.2015
Senior Associate Attorney
Almeida & Dávila, PSC.
12.2011 - 03.2014
Associate Attorney
Gratacós Law Offices
09.2008 - 12.2011
Graduate Certificate - Entertainment Law
University of Southern California
Master of Laws - Litigation And Dispute Resolution
Interamerican University of PR
Juris Doctor - Law
University of Puerto Rico
Bachelor in Business Administration - Accounting And Finance
University of Puerto Rico
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