San Juan · Puerto Rico

Two generations.
Three advocates.
One standard.

Sagardía Law brings together a former Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico and two specialist partners, spanning criminal defense, civil and federal litigation, and corporate, intellectual property & entertainment law, in one San Juan firm.

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La Firma

The weight of an institution.
The attention of a principal.

Sagardía Law is built on a simple structure: one name, three attorneys, three dedicated practices.

Antonio M. Sagardía-De Jesús, former Secretary of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, leads the firm's criminal defense practice. His sons practice beside him: Carlos J. Sagardía-Abreu in civil, commercial and government litigation before Puerto Rico's state and federal courts, and Jorge A. Sagardía-Abreu in corporate, intellectual property and entertainment law.

Clients retain the firm for the same reason in every practice: the matter is led personally, from first consultation to final resolution, by the attorney whose name is on the door. Never handed down.

3Attorneys, each leading a dedicated practice
2San Juan offices: Altamira & Hato Rey
1Former Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico

Abogados

The attorneys.

Three practices, each led by its principal.

Antonio M. Sagardía-De Jesús

Founder & Senior Counsel

Criminal Defense & High-Stakes Litigation

Antonio Sagardía has practiced criminal law from both sides of the courtroom at its highest level. A former district attorney, he was appointed Secretary of Justice of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the island's chief legal officer, in 2009, and has spent more than three decades trying cases in Puerto Rico's state and federal courts.

His practice today is devoted to the defense of individuals and institutions in serious criminal matters: state and federal prosecutions, government investigations, and the cases where reputation, liberty and livelihood are on the line at once.

  • Secretary of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (2009)
  • Former District Attorney, Puerto Rico Department of Justice
  • University of Puerto Rico
  • Over three decades of criminal trial practice, state & federal

Hato Rey Office · BCO Coop Plaza, Suite 301-B, 623 Ave. Ponce de León, San Juan, PR 00918

(787) 758-5038 Profile

Carlos J. Sagardía-Abreu

Partner

Civil, Commercial & Government Litigation

Carlos Sagardía is a trial attorney whose state and federal practice centers on complex civil litigation, government litigation, contractual disputes, injunctive relief and mandamus proceedings, and cannabis law and regulation, alongside criminal defense, personal injury and employment matters in collaboration with the firm's founding practice.

He has served as external legal counsel to the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico, the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, and Puerto Rico's Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority. Before entering private practice he was an associate at top-tier San Juan firms and a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

  • University of Puerto Rico School of Law: Editor, UPR Law Review; graduated top of class
  • 98.2nd percentile, Puerto Rico Bar Examination
  • Admitted: Puerto Rico Bar; U.S. District Court, D.P.R.; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
  • External counsel to the P.R. Treasury, O.C.I.F. & A.A.F.A.F.

Altamira Office · Aldebarán 594, Urb. Altamira, San Juan, PR 00917

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Jorge A. Sagardía-Abreu

Partner

Corporate, Intellectual Property & Entertainment

Jorge Sagardía counsels companies, investors, creators and artists doing business in and from Puerto Rico. His practice spans corporate and commercial law, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, distribution and franchising, government affairs and procurement, real estate, and trusts and estates.

He leads the firm's intellectual property and entertainment work: trademarks, copyrights and music licensing, representing clients across Puerto Rico's creative industries. He was educated at Villanova University.

  • Villanova University
  • Practice devoted to entertainment, intellectual property & corporate law
  • Counsel on trademarks, copyrights & music licensing

Altamira Office · Aldebarán 594, Urb. Altamira, San Juan, PR 00917

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Áreas de Práctica

Three practices.
One counsel of record.

Every engagement is led by the partner who owns the practice.

Criminal Defense

Led by Antonio M. Sagardía-De Jesús

  • State & federal criminal defense
  • Government & grand jury investigations
  • White-collar matters
  • Domestic-violence defense
  • Criminal appeals
  • Crisis & pre-charge counsel
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Civil Litigation

Led by Carlos J. Sagardía-Abreu

  • Complex civil & commercial litigation
  • Government litigation & administrative law
  • Contractual disputes & collections
  • Injunctive relief & mandamus
  • Personal injury & torts
  • Employment: discrimination, dismissal, retaliation
  • Cannabis law & regulation
  • Construction & foreclosure litigation
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Corporate & IP

Led by Jorge A. Sagardía-Abreu

  • Corporate & commercial law
  • Mergers, acquisitions & joint ventures
  • Trademarks, copyrights & music licensing
  • Entertainment & creative industries
  • Distribution & franchising
  • Government affairs & procurement
  • Real estate, trusts & estates
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Oficinas

Two offices in San Juan.

Altamira

Sagardía Law Offices

Aldebarán 594
Urb. Altamira
San Juan, PR 00917-1815

(787) 360-7924

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Hato Rey

Sagardía-De Jesús Law Office

BCO Coop Plaza, Suite 301-B
623 Ave. Ponce de León
San Juan, PR 00918

(787) 758-5038

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Postal: GPO Box 902192, San Juan, PR 00902-0192

Contacto

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