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Anita Montaner-Sevillano

Capital Member and Chair, Labor & Employment Law Practice Group. Leader, Immigration Practice Team and Co-Leader, Retail Industry Practice Team · McConnell Valdés LLC

Puerto RicoLabor & Employment, Immigration

About

Anita Montaner-Sevillano is a Capital Member at McConnell Valdés LLC in Puerto Rico, serving as Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Practice Group, Leader of the Immigration Practice Team and Co‑Leader of the Retail Industry Practice Team. She concentrates on employment-rights counseling and defense (including ADA, FMLA, Title VII, ADEA, WARN, workers' compensation, wage-and-hour, wrongful discharge, discrimination, retaliation, leave and whistleblower matters), advises on workforce restructures and M&A-related transfers and reductions in force, and has won precedent-setting employer cases such as García v. Darex under the Puerto Rico Workers Accident Compensation Act.

Practice areas

Labor & EmploymentImmigrationLitigationCorporate / M&ARetail

Office

Expertise

Employment RightsEmployment Litigation (ADA, FMLA, Title VII, ADEA, WARN)Wage & HourWorkers' CompensationWorkforce Restructuring & Reductions in ForceMergers, Acquisitions & Employee TransfersRetail IndustryImmigration (employment-related)