Brown & Ubarri Attorneys At Law

HERBERT W. BROWN III, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 7, 1947, is a

graduate of Franklin & Marshall College (B.A. Government 1969) and the University of Puerto Rico School of Law (J.D. 1973), where he served as a student law clerk to Honorable Hiram R. Cancio, Chief, United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Brown became associated with a small San Juan law firm which specialized in admiralty law. In 1977, Mr. Brown joined the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico as an Assistant United States Attorney where he engaged in extensive civil and criminal litigation.

Mr. Brown returned to private practice in 1978 focusing on commercial and personal injury, litigation appeals, business transactions and general admiralty law. A skilled trial attorney with a broad range of litigation experience, he has successfully tried jury and non-jury cases in both federal and state courts. Among these is the leading case on proximate cause in federal diversity litigation, Marshall v. Pérez-Arzuaga, 828 F.2d 521 (1^st Cir. 1986), cert. den., 484 US 1065, (1988).

Mr. Brown is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the Maritime Law Association of the United States, as well as various state and local bar associations. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

In addition to his trial and appellate practice, Mr. Brown has lectured on maritime personal injuries and has served as a member of the Committee to Revise Local Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He is also active in civic affairs having served as club president and district governor of Rotary International.

JOSE LUIS UBARRI, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 14, 1954, is a

graduate of Columbia University (B.A. 1976) and the New York University School of Law (1979). He is admitted to the Puerto Rico Bar since 1979, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico since 1980, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit since 1981.

After graduation from law school, Mr. Ubarri initiated his career as a trial practitioner with a wide range of civil litigation with particular emphasis in personal injury matters.

Mr. Ubarri is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the Puerto Rico Bar Association. He is a skilled trial practitioner with a broad range of litigation experience.

DIANA LYNN PAGAN ROSADO, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 16,

1969, is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico (B.A., cum laude, 1992) and holds a law degree from Interamerican University School of Law (J.D. 1995). Mrs. Pagán was an editorial board member of the Interamerican University Law Review (1994-1995). She is admitted to the Puerto Rico Bar Association since 1996, the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico since 1998, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit since 1997. Mrs. Pagán’s practice areas include litigation, labor and employment law.

After graduation from law school, Mrs. Pagán initiated her career as trial practitioner with a wide range of civil and labor and employment litigation, with particular emphasis on discrimination matters.

Recently Mrs. Pagán successfully handled an appeal before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico establishing precedent in civil procedure and family law. Rivera Meléndez v. Algarín Cruz, Opinion of May 14, 2003, 2003 J.T.S. 80.

In a previous appeal before the Puerto Rico Supreme Court Mrs. Pagán successfully established important precedents in condominium law. Brown v. Junta de Directores, 2001 JTS 83, Opinion of June 4, 2001.

Mrs. Pagán is fluent in English and Spanish.

DAVID W. ROMAN, born in Brooklyn, New York, July 3,

1950. After completing undergraduate studies at Houghton College in New York and graduate studies at the Harvard Business School in Massachusetts, Mr. Román graduated in 1978 with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he also served on the Editorial Board of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. In 1975, Mr. Román studied at the Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands.

Mr. Román practiced law privately until 1982, when he was named First Assistant to the Federal Public Defender for the District of Puerto Rico. From 1983 to 1986, he served as Chief of the Appellate Division for the Federal Public Defender for the District of Puerto Rico.

Since 1989, he has practiced law in San Juan, Puerto Rico, specializing in civil and criminal litigation and appeals in federal and commonwealth courts. He is a lecturer in Federal Criminal Procedure at the Inter-American University School of Law in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He has also lectured in notarial law, real estate property registry, and rent control for the TIRI Real Estate Institute and the Puerto Rico Institute of Realtors. Mr. Román is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and federal appellate and district courts. He is a member of the Puerto Rico Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, and is an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Román has appeared in federal criminal cases in several States of the Union.

He is married to Eva A. Meléndez and has two children and a dog. Mr. Román is fluent in English and Spanish.