Summary
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Work History
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Admissions
Phone - Day Evening
Professional Development
Other Engagements
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MELINA BECERRIL VÁZQUEZ

Mercedita

Summary

Attorney with extensive experience at BECERRIL-VAZQUEZ LAW OFFICE, specializing in litigation strategy and client representation. Demonstrated success in crafting persuasive legal arguments and drafting essential legal documents. Skilled in legal research and evidence analysis, achieving favorable outcomes in complex cases while delivering high-quality legal counsel.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Attorney at Law

BECERRIL-VAZQUEZ LAW OFFICE
Ponce
11.2011 - Current
  • Attorney at law, solo practitioner, litigates civil and criminal felony and misdemeanor state cases.
  • Represent clients in Commonwealth Court system and perform related tasks like interviewing clients, investigation of cases and writing legal documents.
  • Cross-examination of defendants and witnesses, discovering and analyzing evidence, researching, and presenting it before the corresponding forum.
  • Applying rules of civil procedure, evidence, and criminal statutes.
  • Development of rebuttals, discovery motions, motions to dismiss and legal reviews.
  • Heavy motion and drafting practice, including pleadings, appellate briefs, pretrial motions, and discovery.
  • Conducted research and interviewed clients and witnesses.
  • Interpreted laws, rulings, and regulations.
  • Developed arguments and legal strategy in preparation for cases.
  • Argued motions and attended hearings and calendar calls.

External Lawyer

DEPARTAMENT OF ESTATE
San Juan
02.2021 - 06.2022
  • Administrative investigations, counseling, analyzing evidence, writing of legal documents in addition to preparing and providing legal opinions and decisions.

Examining Officer

MUNICIPALITY OF PONCE
Ponce
11.2019 - 12.2021
  • Administrative investigations, counseling, analyzing evidence, writing of legal documents in addition to preparing and providing legal opinions and decisions.

Education

Juris Doctor -

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, School of Law
Ponce, PR
05.2010

Bachelor’s degree - biology

University of Puerto Rico in Cayey
Cayey, PR
05.2005

High School Diploma -

Liceo Ponceño Private School
Ponce, PR
05.1998

Skills

  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS Power Point
  • Legal research
  • Case management
  • Litigation strategy
  • Client representation
  • Evidence analysis
  • Drafting legal documents
  • Legal counseling

Admissions

The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Phone - Day Evening

(787) 432-1885

Professional Development

  • Real Estate Broker Course from the University of Puerto Rico in Ponce.
  • Undergraduate courses on General Psychology, Statistics and Sociology.

Other Engagements

Representative of sport teams. Aided in the preparation of different activities. Helped develop ideas for activities, collected funds, identified individual needs, liaised between the team and the different events in which the team participated and point of contact, among others.

Languages

Spanish
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

External Lawyer

DEPARTAMENT OF ESTATE
02.2021 - 06.2022

Examining Officer

MUNICIPALITY OF PONCE
11.2019 - 12.2021

Attorney at Law

BECERRIL-VAZQUEZ LAW OFFICE
11.2011 - Current

Juris Doctor -

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, School of Law

Bachelor’s degree - biology

University of Puerto Rico in Cayey

High School Diploma -

Liceo Ponceño Private School

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