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Gustavo A. Gelpí

Counsel

McConnell Valdés LLC
270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, 9th Floor (Hato Rey)
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 364225, San Juan, PR, 00936-4225

Telephone: 787-759-9292
Fax: 787-759-9225/787-759-8282/787-767-2500
http://www.mcvpr.com

Email: Contact via email

Visibility Rankings
#170 out of 1,361 lawyers in San Juan, Puerto Rico
#130,373 out of 890,538 total lawyers Overall

Experience & Credentials

Practice Areas	Admiralty and Maritime; Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Appellate Practice

Education	University of Puerto Rico School of Law, LL.B., cum laude, 1963; University of Pennsylvania School of Law, LL.M., Labor Law, 1965, Temple University, B.B.A., 1960

Admitted	1963, Puerto Rico; 1965, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court

Memberships	Colegio de Abogados; Federal and American (Member: Litigation, Insurance and Maritime Sections) Bar Associations; The Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty); Puerto Rico Association of Notaries.

Languages	English, Spanish and French

Born	San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 24, 1938

Biography	Member, University of Puerto Rico Law Review, 1963. Member: Aviation and Maritime Committee and Chair, Subcommittee on state legisation relative to territorial waters, ports and navigable areas, Commission on Judicial Reform for Puerto Rico, 1973; Board of Bar Examiners, 1975-1978; U.S. District Court Examination Committee, 1983-1986; U.S. District Court Committee for Establishment of Early Neutral Evaluation Pilot Program, 1993; Admission Committee, 2000— and Chairman, 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico. Keynote Speaker, Induction Ceremony, U.S. Magistrate, Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí, Jr., August 24, 2001.

Reported Cases	Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co., 416 U.S. 663, 94 S.Ct. 2080, 40 L.Ed.2d 452, 1974 A.M.C. 1895 (U.S.Puerto Rico, May 15, 1974) (NO. 73-157); Zambrana-Marrero v. Suarez-Cruz, 172 F.3d 122 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Apr 21, 1999) (NO. 98-1601); El Dia, Inc. v. Governor Rossello, 165 F.3d 106, 27 Media L. Rep. 1185 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Jan 25, 1999) (NO. 98-2114); Vizcarrondo v. Board of Trustees of University of Puerto Rico, 132 F.3d 31 (Table, Text in WESTLAW), Unpublished Disposition, 1997 WL 755114 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Dec 08, 1997) (NO. 97-1517); F.D.I.C. v. Monterrey, Inc., 45 F.3d 423 (Table, Text in WESTLAW), Unpublished Disposition, 1995 WL 16407 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Jan 18, 1995) (NO. 94-1543); Jimenez v. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Nav. Co., 974 F.2d 221 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Sep 08, 1992) (NO. 91-2083); Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Grupo Girod Corp., 869 F.2d 15 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Mar 08, 1989) (NO. 88-1574); Lusson v. Carter, 704 F.2d 646 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Apr 07, 1983) (NO. 82-1693) 678 F.2d 371 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), May 21, 1982) (NO. 81-1465, 81-1625); Stephenson v. Star-Kist Caribe, Inc., 598 F.2d 676, 1979 A.M.C. 1459 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), May 17, 1979) (NO. 78-1262); U. S. Brewers Ass'n, Inc. v. Perez, 592 F.2d 1212 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Feb 21, 1979) (NO. 78-1393); Ruiz Rodriguez v. Litton Industries Leasing Corp., 574 F.2d 44, 1978 A.M.C. 1004 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Apr 27, 1978) (NO. 77-1263); Ramos v. Continental Ins. Co., 493 F.2d 329, 1974 A.M.C. 2155 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Mar 20, 1974) (NO. 73-1042); U.S. v. Stornini, 443 F.2d 833 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Jun 08, 1971) (NO. 7785); Ramos v. Beauregard, Inc., 423 F.2d 916, 1970 A.M.C. 1847 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Apr 07, 1970) (NO. 7262, 7526); Payne v. S.S. Tropic Breeze, 423 F.2d 236, 1970 A.M.C. 1850 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Mar 11, 1970) (NO. 7313); Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Bell, 390 F.2d 612 (1st Cir.(Puerto Rico), Mar 11, 1968) (NO. 6862); Giles Toro v. University of Puerto Rico, 183 F.Supp.2d 457 (D.Puerto Rico, Dec 28, 2001) (NO. CIV.97-2934 DRD); Badillo-Santiago v. Andreu-Garcia, 167 F.Supp.2d 194, 12 A.D. Cases 868 (D.Puerto Rico, Sep 28, 2001) (NO. CIV. 98-1993(SEC)); Pagan Velez v. Laboy Alvarado, 145 F.Supp.2d 146 (D.Puerto Rico, May 10, 2001) (NO. CIV 99- 1066 JAF); Dogson v. University of Puerto Rico, 26 F.Supp.2d 341, 131 Ed. Law Rep. 165 (D.Puerto Rico, Sep 30, 1998) (NO. CIV. 96-1661 (DRD)); Zambrana-Marrero v. Suarez-Cruz, 999 F.Supp. 678 (D.Puerto Rico, Mar 31, 1998) (NO. CIV. 94-1212 SEC); Ramos v. Roman, 1997 WL 600464 (D.Puerto Rico, Aug 29, 1997) (NO. CIV. 93-2416 (DRD)); Mendez Marrero v. Toledo, 968 F.Supp. 27 (D.Puerto Rico, Jun 17, 1997) (NO. CIV. 94-2304 HL); Trans American Recovery Services, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, 850 F.Supp. 103, 1994 A.M.C. 2991 (D.Puerto Rico, Apr 26, 1994) (NO. CIV. 92-1733 (JP)); F.D.I.C. v. Monterrey, Inc., 847 F.Supp. 997 (D.Puerto Rico, Mar 16, 1994) (NO. CIV 86-130 (RLA)); Arends v. Eurobank and Trust Co., 845 F.Supp. 60 (D.Puerto Rico, Feb 25, 1994) (NO. CIV. 92- 1907 (JAF)); Arends v. Eurobank and Trust Co., 146 F.R.D. 42, 26 Fed.R.Serv.3d 77 (D.Puerto Rico, Jan 29, 1993) (NO. CIV 92-1907 (JAF)); Jimenez v. Princess Cruises, Inc., 1991 WL 405602 (D.Puerto Rico, Sep 15, 1991) (NO. CIV. 89- 0079 HL); Rexam Ltd. Partnership, S.E. v. Resolution Trust Corp., 766 F.Supp. 41 (D.Puerto Rico, May 01, 1991) (NO. CIV. 90-2087 (JP)); Rexam Ltd. Partnership, S.E. v. Resolution Trust Corp., 754 F.Supp. 245 (D.Puerto Rico, Nov 21, 1990) (NO. CIV. 90-2087 (JP)); Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Grupo Girod Corp., 680 F.Supp. 486 (D.Puerto Rico, Feb 29, 1988) (NO. CIV 84-2427 (JP)); Inversiones Calmer, S.A. v. C.E. Heath & Co., 681 F.Supp. 100, 1988 A.M.C. 2796 (D.Puerto Rico, Jan 20, 1988) (NO. CIV 83-1969 (JP)); Castle & Cooke, Inc. v. Etoile Shipping Co., Ltd., 622 F.Supp. 609 (D.Puerto Rico, Oct 16, 1985) (NO. CIV. 83-2689 HL); Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Bird, 516 F.Supp. 647 (D.Puerto Rico, Jun 16, 1981) (NO. CIV. 79- 800); Dominguez v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., 90 F.R.D. 595 (D.Puerto Rico, Jun 11, 1981) (NO. CIV. 80-1720 (PG)); Stephenson v. Star-Kist Caribe, Inc., 440 F.Supp. 232 (D.Puerto Rico, Nov 30, 1976) (NO. CIV. 332-68); Caraballo v. Autoridad de Los Puertos de Puerto Rico, 388 F.Supp. 308, 1975 A.M.C. 1706, 1975 A.M.C. 2689 (D.Puerto Rico, Aug 08, 1974) (NO. CIV. 74-216); U.S. v. Tonarelli, 371 F.Supp. 891 (D.Puerto Rico, Aug 14, 1973) (NO. CRIM. 77-71); Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. Div. of Grumman Allied Industries, Inc. v. Massa, 363 F.Supp. 1337, 1974 A.M.C. 1914 (D.Puerto Rico, Mar 28, 1973) (NO. CIV. 1018-72); Andros Marine Chartering Co. v. Tug Gladiator, 307 F.Supp. 17 (D.Puerto Rico, Dec 16, 1969) (NO. CIV. 254-68); Payne v. S. S. Tropic Breeze, 274 F.Supp. 324 (D.Puerto Rico, Sep 28, 1967) (NO. 453-67); Reyes v. Motor Vessel Venus II, 257 F.Supp. 335 (D.Puerto Rico, Sep 02, 1966) (NO. 5-66) 04.

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