Ms. Aurivette Deliz Delgado is a Senior Associate attorney at Sepulvado, Maldonado & Couret. She joined the firm as an Associate in September 2017. Jointly with Ms. Elaine E. Maldonado-Matias, the Lead of the Labor, Employment, and Benefits practice group of the Firm, Ms. Deliz-Delgado handles the state and federal employment, labor, and employee benefits counseling and litigation for the Firm’s clients. Prior to joining Sepulvado, Maldonado & Couret, Ms. Deliz-Delgado worked in the Puerto Rico Department of Labor as Special Legal Advisor to the Secretary of Labor. She also worked for two years in the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority as a Legal Advisor for the Labor Relations Department and as a legal intern in Pedro E. Ruiz Law Offices, P.S.C.
While in law school, during the months of August until December of 2011, Ms. Deliz-Delgado served as a student law clerk for the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals. From August to December of 2012, Ms. Deliz-Delgado practiced as a student practitioner in the Legal Aid Clinic. Moreover, from January through December 2012, Ms. Deliz-Delgado served as a Teacher Assistant to Professor Juan Correa Luna in the courses Introduction to Law, Legal Research and Writing Analysis, and Civil Procedure. During her last year at law school, Ms. Deliz-Delgado worked as a legal clerk at a private law firm, where she worked matters related to Torts and Mortgage Law. As part of her extracurricular activities, Ms. Deliz-Delgado served as President of E.D.U.C.C.A: Estudiantes de Derecho Unidos Creando Conciencia Ambiental and as Student Counsel Sub Treasurer.
Ms. Deliz-Delgado obtained a Bachelor in Environmental Science, cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico. Ms. Deliz-Delgado was chosen during the early admission period and became a part of the top 100 new Students of the Environmental Science Faculty. She also holds a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law. Ms. Deliz-Delgado received the Alumni Association Award for Leadership, Academic Average and Services to the University Community.
Ms. Deliz-Delgado is admitted to practice before the courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. She is also a Notary Public.
