LUIS F. LLACH-ZÚÑIGA

Practice Areas

  • Labor and Employment Counseling and Litigation
  • Civil and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Torts
  • Contracts
  • Appellate Practice

COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  • U. S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIL AFFILIATIONS

  • Federal Bar Association
  • Association of Labor Relations Practitioners of Puerto Rico

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Biology (2001), from the University of Virginia (UVA)
  • Juris Doctor (2004), from the University of Puerto Rico, School of Law

Mr. Luis F. Llach-Zúñiga, Esq. is an Attorney at Casillas, Santiago & Torres, LLC, with more than 13 years counseling and representing multinational and local companies on diverse matters, ranging from employment-related concerns and lawsuits, to handling and litigating complex tort, personal injury and premises liability claims before the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and local courts.

Mr. Luis F. Llach-Zúñiga, Esq. has extensively counseled and successfully represented management in a broad array of employment and labor matters, ranging from compliance with federal and local employment laws, human resources compliance issues and policy matters spanning the entire employment life cycle, employee terminations, reductions in force, reorganizations, leave and accommodation requests under local and federal statutes, non-compete/solicitation disputes, to handling and litigating complex discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment lawsuits before U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico courts, as well as administrative litigation and arbitration before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources (PR-DOL).

Mr. Luis F. Llach-Zúñiga, Esq. also has ample experience handling and providing guidance to clients in corporate transactions and contractual negotiations and representing multinational and local companies in complex contractual, tort, personal injury and premises liability claims in federal and local courts. Below are some cases in which Mr. Llach-Zúñiga has been actively involved in obtaining outstanding results for the employers and companies he has represented in the past:

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Pablo Meléndez Rivera v. CFSE, 195 DPR 300 (2016)

United States District Court, Puerto Rico

Creviston v. Bahia Beach Ch Dev., LLC, 381 F.Suppp.3d 171 (2019)

Rivera v. Prerac, Inc., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 209624 (USDC-PR)

Best Auto Repair Shop, Inc. v. Universal Ins. Grp., 2016 U.S. Dist LEXIS 47999 (USDC-PR)

Román v. Univ. of P.R., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 206676 (USDC-PR)

Zapata v. Univision P.R., Inc., 914 F.Supp.2d 156 (2011)

Vélez v. Universal Insurance Co., U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66454 (D.P.R.2014)(USDC-PR)

González v. Spirit Airlines, 922 F.Supp.2d 178 (D.P.R.2013)(USDC-PR)

Tormos-Pol v. Conte-Miller, Civil No. 10-1935 (D.P.R.2011)(USDC-PR)

Cardona-Román v. University of Puerto Rico, 779 F.Supp.2d 120 (2011)

Rodríguez v. IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Civil No. 08-2107 (USDC-PR)

Matías- Cardona v. Verizon-Wireless, 610 F.Supp.2d 157 (D.P.R.2009)(USDC-PR)