Juan A. Frau-Escudero

Mr. Frau-Escudero joined the firm in 2025 and has more than 28 years of experience in commercial and civil litigation. Mr. Frau Escudero was a Puerto Rico Court Superior Judge for 12 years and handled a diverse case load, including heading court rooms specialized in family law, criminal law, torts, and general civil litigation. He also has been a litigator in several large law firms and has experience litigating before the state and federal courts of Puerto Rico, mostly in commercial, construction, torts, employment law, administrative law and breach of contract matters. Mr. Frau Escudero also has appellate practice experience before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals, and the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and has also handled matters before state and federal agencies, the central government, and municipalities.

PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate
Commercial Law
Government Advisor
Torts
Litigation,
Administrative Law

EDUCATION

J.D., Magna Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1994
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, University of PuertoRico, 1991.

BAR ADMISSIONS

Puerto Rico Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. District Court for the District of PR, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1997

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND MEMBERSHIPS

Mr. Frau-Escudero was the deputy Secretary of Justice in the Puerto Rico Justice Department from 2001-2004 and a law clerk for Associate Justice Jaime Fuster in the Puerto Rico Supreme Court from 1994-1997. Mr. Frau-Escudero was also a member of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court’s Examining Board for Admission to the Practice of Law from 2004 to 2007.

NOTABLE REPRESENTATIONS

As Judge:

As a judge, Mr. Frau Escudero was of ten confirmed by the Puerto Rico Cour to of Appeals and the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, including in a highly contentious case challenging the granting of a permit to open a monkey research facility in Guayama. In a not her case, the Court of Appeals confirmed is denial of a motion to dismiss a case against the Mayor of the Cataño Municipality.

As an attorney in private practice:

Johnson and Johnson Caribbean v Mun. de San Juan, concerning a government contract that was n t registered. After the Court of First Instance ruled in favor of Johnson and Johnson, the Court of Appeals reversed in part. Frau Escudero joined Johnson and Johnson’s representation after the appellate judgment and won the case on appeal when the Puerto Rico Supreme Court reversed the appellate court’s judgment, in favor of Johnson and Johnson.

In Loomis Fargo v Policia de Puerto Rico, a case concerning the licensing requirements of private detectives, the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals and the Puerto Rico Supreme Court considered a jurisdictional requirement. In another case, while representing Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico

Supreme Court set precedent in favor of BPPR’s position that the Court of First Instance had to celebrate an evidentiary hearing to determine the mental Capacity of a party due to the legal effects (of absolute nullity) of any legal proceedings held while a party is mentally incapacitated, such that any remedy granted or determination of the party’s rights would be totally null and void.