Juan Rafael González-Muñoz, Esq. is the founding member at González Muñoz Law Offices, P.S.C. and serves as Of Counsel at Castaner & Cia PSC providing litigation support in civil jury trials before the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and before the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Courts.
Gonzalez has a broad wealth of experience representing plaintiffs in Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Employment Law cases.
Mr. González-Muñoz joined the Federal Litigation Division of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice in 1986 as a Staff Attorney, where he gained ample jury trial and motion pleading experience in civil litigation in federal court. Before leaving the Department 1989 he was promoted to Supervising Attorney in charge of his own caseload and that of five staff attorneys related to civil rights and constitutional law litigation in the areas of political discrimination in employment, prisoner rights, police brutality claims and extraordinary writs. He was also responsible for handling cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and has continued to argue extensively at the appellate level.
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
- J.D. (1985) | Law
- George Washington University
- B.A. (1981) | International Affairs
- Honors: with Distinction
- Attorney
- Castaner & Cia P.S.C.
- Current
- Attorney
- Gonzalez Munoz Law Offices, P.S.C.
- Current
- Attorney
- Puerto Rico Department of Justice, Federal Litigation Division
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- Top Attorney
- Top Attorneys of North America
- 2018-2019
- Puerto Rico Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Member
- Current
- Puerto Rico
- Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico
- 1st Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written