Education
- B.B.A., University of Notre Dame
- J.D., Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico Law School
Bar Admissions
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
Memberships
- Puerto Rico Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Association of Labor Relations Practitioners
Maralyssa Alvarez-Sanchez
Ms. Álvarez-Sánchez provides legal counseling in all areas of labor and employment law. She is a member of both the Welfare Benefits and ERISA Litigation and Labor Relations and EFCA Practice Teams. She actively litigates labor and employment lawsuits and administrative matters in both local and federal forums, provides counseling on general employment matters and has experience in representation cases and unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board.
Before joining McConnell Valdés LLC, Ms. Álvarez-Sánchez worked as a Programmer Analyst in the information technology consulting industry in Chicago, IL.
She is Editor-in-Chief of Labor Perspectives, the Practice Group's quarterly newsletter.
Ms. Alvarez-Sanchez representative cases include:
Vázquez Delucca v. Ikon Benefits Group, 2011 WL 1097640 (D.P.R. 2011)(In a matter of first impression before the District Court and within the First Circuit, summary judgment was granted for the employer holding that there was no evidence of age-based discrimination and that Title VII does not recognize a cause of action for sexual favoritism based on an isolated consensual relationship.)
UPR v. Laborde et al, 2010 TSPR 225, 180 D.P.R. ____ (2010)(Represented the University in injunctive relief proceedings against student protesters which eventually resulted in a landmark Supreme Court of Puerto Rico opinion clarifying protesters' and non-protesters' freedom of speech rights within a public university campus.)
María Ramos Pérez v. Univisión, 2010 TSPR 15, 177 D.P.R. ____ (2010) (The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico confirmed the Court of First Instance's dismissal of age discrimination and damages claim and revoked a long-standing precedent that did not favor the use of summary judgment in employment discrimination claims.)
Torres-Almán v. Verizon Wireless, Axesa Servicios de Información, 522 F.Supp. 2d 367 (D.P.R. 2007)(District Court partially granted defendant-employer's request for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's claims of disparate treatment and constructive discharge.)
