Información
La Sra. Vélez posee gran experiencia en litigios comerciales complejos y en arbitraje internacional. Representa a clientes en tribunales federales y estatales y ha trabajado en una amplia variedad de disputas comerciales que involucraban instrumentos financieros complejos, actos ilícitos comerciales, cuidado de salud, quiebras, relaciones ambientales, secretos comerciales, derechos de autor y cuestiones constitucionales. La Sra. Vélez ha arbitrado en procesos comerciales e Inversor-Estado que involucraban leyes internacionales y extranjeras.
Durante su carerra, la Sra. Vélez ha asesorado clientes nacionales e internacionales de diferentes industrias, incluyendo instituciones financieras, empresas de energía, empresas de medios de comunicación, empresas de venta minorista y proveedores de seguros. Se involucra en todos los aspectos de sus casos, desde la presentación de pruebas y peticiones dispositivas hasta el litigio.
Antes de unirse a Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, la Sra. Vélez era asociada en un importante estudio de Nueva York.
Otros Idiomas
- Español
Experiencia Profesional
- Asociada, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Publicaciones y Eventos
Elizabeth Vélez successfully petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for lawful permanent residence (commonly known as a green card) on behalf of an undocumented client who was the victim of domestic violence.
May 20, 2021The Second Circuit held that 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) cannot be used to support petitions for discovery for use in private foreign commercial arbitrations, settling an issue that has lingered unresolved in the circuit since 2004. The new decision, In re Guo, puts the Second Circuit squarely at odds with recent decisions issued by other circuit courts, raising the possibility that the Supreme Court will take up the issue next session to resolve the split. While Guo does not impact the ability of parties to foreign public arbitrations and litigations to take § 1782(a) discovery, for now at least, parties to private foreign arbitrations may have to look to more favorable circuits outside New York for relief.
July 13, 2020
En las noticias
The United States Supreme Court concluded in ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. that federal district courts cannot order discovery for use in a private foreign arbitration via 18 U.S.C. § 1782—a statute that permits litigants to seek discovery in federal court for “use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal.” The unanimous decision narrows a useful discovery tool by prohibiting parties in or contemplating private, foreign arbitration from obtaining discovery through federal courts for use in that arbitration.
June 14, 2022An amended complaint filed in Miami-Dade County alleges that Amicorp, an international trust services company, actively participated in a multi-million-dollar real estate fraud which victimized many Latin American families.
www.businesswire.com, July 3, 2019Woodsford Litigation Funding, one of the leading global third party funders, has announced a funding facility agreement with Lewis Baach which ensures the firm can offer clients an expedited, one-stop arrangement for the financing of high value litigation and arbitration.
August 16, 2017
Áreas de Práctica
Educación
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2009)
- University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Spanish and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, 2005)
Admisiones Bar
- Florida
- Nueva York
- Nueva Jersey
- Tribunales de Distrito de Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Nueva Jersey, el Distrito Sur de Nueva York, el Distrito Este de Nueva York, y el Distrito Sur de la Florida