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Attorney Profiles :: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Civil Rights Practice in Puerto Rico.
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David Efron
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David Efron founded the firm in 1979. He was born in Havana, Cuba on November 16, 1952. Graduate of the University of Miami (BA 1973) and the Interamerican University Law School (Juris Doctor 1975), with graduate law school work at the University of Miami Law School. In 1979, at age 26, in his first jury trial he scored a victory over federal prosecutors. Six months later, on another case, he won his first federal appeal in First Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the federal district court on a commercial litigation case.
In 1982, he won the first of several cases in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in a trademark infringement case, establishing the precedent in Puerto Rico to date on this issue of law, while reversing the Superior Court of San Juan. In 1991 Efron tried to fruition cases which brought record verdicts in two different areas of expertise - a judgment in an eminent domain case in excess of $5 million and a record jury verdict in federal court in a medical malpractice case in Puerto Rico involving a single plaintiff, a record which stood until he obtained a larger award in a 1997 case.
In February of 1997 his legal team tried in the State Courts of Puerto Rico a brain damage case which resulted in the highest award in the history of the island's courts - $4.8 million. He has been mentioned in connection to legal cases in USA Today, the Associated Press wire, newspapers nationally and locally, radio and television. He has been interviewed on NBC's Inside America's Courts (Court TV) among several national programs. In 1996 he appeared at televised Senate hearings to successfully oppose the passing of laws for malpractice reform which would have severely affected the rights of victims in Puerto Rico. He he has also appeared featured in local and national newspapers as well as in international publications.
Efron is a member of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, District of Columbia and State of New York bars and has a (Coral Gables), Florida office. Efron was class action plaintiff and represented a class of some 4,500,000 Florida telephone company consumers against Southern Bell (now the new BellSouth) for fraud claims with an eventual agreed judgment in 1995 in credits and services totaling potentially over $200 million.
Since January of 1990, David Efron has also been the head of the family’s substantial real estate holdings and over a dozen active corporations. He presently serves on the Board of Governors of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now American Association for Justice),and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Homebuilders Association (1992-2002). In the past he has served on AIPAC's National Council ('88-'96) and Executive Committee ('98 - '09); President of UJA of Puerto Rico ('84-'94) and Chairman ('83-'84; '95-'01); Served as General Counsel to the Hispanic Caucus of the DNC ('04-'06) and is on the Board of the Puerto Rico MaxiBasketball Federation, as well as playing on the Puerto Rico National Basketball team 50+ since 2004. He also actively participates in several national political and community charitable organizations.
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Alberto J. Pérez-Hernandez
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Alberto J. Pérez-Hernández manages the day-to-day operations and is also chief legal counsel to Efron Associates, a real estate development group of affiliated companies. Mr. Pérez was born in Havana, Cuba on November 29, 1953. He is a 1977 graduate of Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana. He also did his undergraduate studies at Tulane, receiving a bachelor of science degree in psychology in 1975. His post-graduate law studies include participation in Harvard Law School's summer programs for lawyers and numerous continuing legal education seminars and conferences. Mr. Pérez is admitted to practice in all courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the State of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He is a member of the Florida Bar (1977), the “Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico” (1978), the Association of Trial Lawyers of America now The American Association for Justice (AAJ), where he serves as State Representative and the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Pérez has been actively engaged in private practice since graduation. He has substantial experience in the preparation, trial and appeal of a wide variety of civil cases before state and federal courts and government agencies, including the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, civil rights, construction, insurance and commercial law. He is also thoroughly familiar with all aspects of real estate, financing and commercial transactions.
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Alejandro J. Fernández Muzaurieta
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Alejandro Fernández was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on April 25, 1979. He received his law degree in 2005 from the University of Puerto Rico, School of Law. Mr. Fernández did his undergraduate studies at University of Sagrado Corazón, majoring in Business Administration, Marketing and Finance. Mr. Fernández previously served as law clerk to the Honorable Daniel Dominguez in the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. He is a member of the local bar association, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) (now The American Association for Justice (AAJ)) among other organizations, and has assisted in trying jury trials in federal court to fruition.
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Hatuey Infante Castellanos
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Hatuey Infante, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1969. After obtaining a B.A. in International Studies in June 1992 from the Ohio State University he engaged in public service, first as Investment Promotion Specialist at the Bureau for Caribbean Basin Affairs at the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico State Department and then as Director for Commerce at the Department of Economic Development and Commerce. Together with sales and marketing experience which followed public service, Mr. Infante gained a broad understanding of the business environment which he sought to complement with legal training. To that effect Mr. Infante obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the InterAmerican University School of Law in San Juan, where he graduated cum laude in 2006. He is admitted to the Puerto Rico bar and is currently an associate at the Law Offices of David Efron, P.C.
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Joanne V. Gonzales Varon
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Joanne V. Gonzales Varon was born in Queens, New York in 1975.She is a member of State Bar of New Jersey and is admitted to the United States District Court of the District Court of Puerto Rico. Ms. Gonzales attained her Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center where she was an editor of the International Travel Law Journal, recipient of awards from Equal Justice Works, Teaching Assistant in Civil Procedure and a Resident Advisor for graduate housing. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Loyola College of Maryland at Baltimore with a major in Political Science and minor in Asian Studies. During her study at Loyola College, Ms. Gonzales was one of the first students to participate in the study abroad program at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. Prior to joining the Law Offices of David Efron, P.C., Ms. Gonzales was a practicing family law attorney with Central Jersey Legal Services in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Ms. Gonzales is a member of the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association of Puerto Rico and Middlesex County Bar Association.
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