Heber E. Lugo-Rigau San Juan, Puerto Rico
| phone | (787) 759-4200 (787) 759-8000 Ext. 2230 |
| fax | (787) 474-2418 |
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Heber E. Lugo-Rigau is Special Counsel in the Firm's for Labor & Employment Law Department. Mr. Lugo-Rigau has vast experience representing corporate clients in connection with a wide range of labor and employment law matters in State and Federal court, as well as before administrative agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board, the Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board, Labor Arbitration and Collective Bargaining, including matters of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, unpaid wages and breach of employment contacts. Mr. Lugo regularly engages in the presentation of seminars to the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, Labor Relations Practitioners Association, Puerto Rico Manufacturer's Association, Association of Puerto Rico Products and clients, in a broad range of employment and labor issues such as wage and hours matters, terminations, downsizing, closings, federal and state anti-discrimination statutes, and a variety of employment issues concerning benefits and also in the context of corporate mergers and acquisitions.
- Bar Admissions:
- Puerto Rico, 1963
- U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico, 1963
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1968
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
- Education:
- Texas Southern University Law School, Houston, Texas
LL.B.
Law Review: Texas Southern University Law School, Faculty Assistant - University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
B.A.
Major: Social Sciences
- Published Works:
- The Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and PR, Puerto Rico Bar Assoc. Journal, Vol. 32 No. 2, 1971
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Wage & Hour Legislation, PR Chamber of Commerce
- Labor Arbitration Strategy, PR Manufacturers Association
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Puerto Rico Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Labor Practitioners Association
- Past Employment Positions:
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Personnel Board, Chairman, 1969 - 1972
- Languages:
- English
- Spanish
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Phi Delta Gamma
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