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
Memberships
- Puerto Rico Bar Association
Maralyssa Alvarez-Sanchez
Ms. Alvarez-Sanchez provides legal counseling in all areas of labor and employment law. 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 Valdes LLC, Ms. Alvarez-Sanchez 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:
- Torres-Alman v. Verizon Wireless, Axesa Servicios de Informacion, 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.)
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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 plaintiff-employee's age discrimination and damages claims and revoked a long-standing precedent disfavoring the use of the summary judgment mechanism in employment discrimination claims.)
