Néstor Durán-González

E-mail address:  nd@mcvpr.com
Phone number:  (787) 250-5624
Fax number:  (787) 759-9225

Néstor Durán-González is currently the Director of Finance and Administration of the Firm. Prior to that, Mr. Durán-González was a member in the Litigation Department of McConnell Valdés, where he joined in June 1974. Before joining the Firm he served as Deputy Budget Director for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Practice Areas

Mr. Durán-González specializes in environmental, commercial, products liability and banking litigation. He represents local and United States companies in litigation involving contract, commercial, environmental and insurance laws, products liability and RICO. He has also represented tuna canneries and state-side companies before local courts and the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board in litigation concerning solid waste, NPDES permits and Hazardous Waste Regulations.

Education

He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico and Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. He also holds a Masters degree in Public Administration from the New York University.

Admissions

He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Memberships

Mr. Durán-González is a member of the DRI, the national organization of all lawyers involved in the defense of civil litigation.

Representative Cases

Mr. Durán-González has participated in the successful defense of the following cases: PREMPRO litigation; Diet Drug litigation; shareholder's derivative suit against Popular, Inc. (Opinion and Order December 2003); breach of lease agreement action against Commercial Net Lease Realty (328 F.3d 20 (1st Cir. 2003)); action under the anti-tying provision of the BHCA against Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (48 F.2d 66 (1st Cir. 1995)); 516 U.S. 861, 116 S.Ct. 171 (Mem), 133 L.Ed.2d 112; RICO action against Solar Devices, Inc. (778 F.2d 71 (1st Cir. 1985); arbitration dispute (97 F.Supp.2d 197 (D.Puerto Rico 2000)); and, numerous other civil and administrative actions in State and government agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Publications

Mr. Durán-González has publications on administrative law ("Prontuario de Derecho Administrativo", 4th ed. 2003); Duran on Summary Judgment, 3rd ed., and several other booklet publications on contract and procedural matters.