Luis D. Ortiz-Abreu - a San Juan, Puerto Rico (PR) Administrative Law Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Attorney Information

Overview

Luis D. Ortiz-Abreu is Of Counsel to the Firm and a member of the Labor and Employment Law Department. Mr. Ortiz-Abreu counsels and represents private sector employers and individuals (management) before the National Labor Relations Board; U.S. Department of Labor; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; O.F.C.C.P.; and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. At the Puerto Rico administrative level, he represents management before the Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor and Human Resources; Bureau of Conciliation and Arbitration; the Industrial Commission (under the Workmen's Accident Compensation law); Anti-Discrimination Unit; Bureau of Employment Standards; Office of Mediation and Adjudication; and Unemployment Insurance Bureau. His professional experience includes mediation and arbitration of labor-management controversies and collective bargaining; as well as extensive defense litigation practice in the Courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico and the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in labor and employment matters such as wages and hours; disciplinary suspensions or dismissals; RIFs and reorganizations; plant closings and successor employers; employment discrimination defense for age; gender; disability; sexual harassment; national origin; social condition; political ideas; pregnancy leave rights; and other similar protected categories.

Education

Legal Education
- University of Puerto Rico Law School, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1976
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- University of Puerto Rico Faculty of Social Sciences, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1972
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: Sociology / Anthropology

Current Employment Position(s)

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Of Counsel
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Languages

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English
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Spanish
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Representative Cases

Soto-Ocasio v. Federal Express Corp., 150 F.3d 14, 1998, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Ramirez-De-Arellano v. American Airlines, 133 F.3d 89, 1997, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
El Mundo Broadcasting Corp. v. USW, 116 F.3d 7, 1997, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Pol-Sella v. SER Jobs for Progress Nat'l, 11 F. Supp. 2d 170, 1998, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Paredes Figueroa v. International Air Services, Inc., 662 F. Supp. 1202, 1998, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Bonafont v. American Eagle, Executive Airlines, Inc., 97 JTS 86 , 2011, Jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico
Serrano Rivera v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc., TSPR 134, 2011, Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico

Bar Admissions

Puerto Rico, 1976
U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico, 1977
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1977

Other Affiliations

Puerto Rico Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Attorney-Notary Public)
Federal Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
American Bar Association, 1978 - Present (Member)
Labor Relations Practitioners Association, 1977-present (Member - Board of Directors, 1990-1995)
Puerto Rico's Manufacturers Association, 1977 - Present
Member Labor Legislation & Human Resources Work Group, 2006 - 2008

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Contact

San Juan, PR

American International Plaza
Suite 1500
250 Munoz Rivera Avenue
San Juan, PR 00918

Directions

Phone: 787-759-4110

Fax: 787-767-9333

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