Gwendolyn has been providing legal advice for over 20 years in diverse areas of her legal practice, both in the private and public sectors. She directed the Foreclosure Bankruptcy Division at Latimer, Biaggi, Rachid & Godreau Law Firm. While doing so, she acquired vast experience as a Notary, most notably with complex commercial transactions, Banking, Real Estate, Housing, Lending, Business and Corporate affairs, Estate Planning and Probate.
She provided superlative legal advice to clients (Individuals as well as businesses and companies) in legal practice areas such as Business Startups, internal regulations and procedures for businesses, Government Law (contracts, compliance, Administrative and legislative affairs), Real Estate Transactions, and other types of acquisitions.
In her law practice in the public sector, she provided her services as an Attorney for the Contracts Division of the Municipality of San Juan, and later as Legal Advisor to the President of COSSEC (Cooperatives Supervision and Insurance Corporation), as well presiding administrative hearings for the Office of the Ombudsman for Patients (Puerto Rico’s Patient Advocacy Agency), where she also advised the Ombudsman on Government Affairs and Public Policy. These latter responsibilities included preparing bills for consideration before the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly, which required research in Internal Public Rules and Regulations and dealing with sensitive issues as they arose, achieving notable results in such endeavors.
Gwendolyn has dedicated part of her legal practice to pro bono work, for the benefit of underprivileged communities or sectors, providing them with free or reduced cost legal services and free workshops.
Past PositionsAttorney for the Contracts Division of the Municipality of San Juan
Legal Advisor to the President of COSSEC (Cooperatives Supervision and Insurance Corporation)
