Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

In Re: Laura E. Figueroa Cortés

June 30, 20162016 TSPR 202

Summary

The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico suspended attorney Laura E. Figueroa Cortés indefinitely for willfully failing to answer a disciplinary complaint and for disobeying the Court’s orders. The Court held that such conduct violates Canon 9 of the Professional Ethics Code and justifies immediate suspension, and it imposed additional remedial directives.