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About

A firm that doesn't hand off your case.

Fuero started from a simple idea: high-level legal counsel shouldn't feel like a file passed from hand to hand. We work with few clients at a time — not to scale volume, but so every case gets a partner's direct attention, from the first email to the last.

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How we work

Each Fuero partner carries a maximum of twelve active cases at a time — never more, even if that means turning down a new client. Fees are agreed in writing before we start, and every document review passes through a partner, not just whoever drafted it. We'd rather take on one fewer case than be a firm that overpromises.

The team

Three partners, no middlemen.

Each partner carries their own cases start to finish — no one at Fuero hands off their work to an unsupervised junior.

Ricardo Peña

Ricardo Peña

Founding Partner — Corporate

Valentina Cruz

Valentina Cruz

Partner — Civil & Commercial Litigation

Emilio Duarte

Emilio Duarte

Partner — Tax & Intellectual Property

Frequently asked questions

The first 30-minute consultation is free. If you decide to move forward, we give you a written fee estimate before billing a single hour.

Yes — we handle federal cases and cases across several states. For matters that require local presence outside the city, we coordinate with trusted counterpart firms.

We'll tell you at the first consultation, at no charge for the assessment, and refer you to a firm that specializes in your case.

For collections litigation and some corporate matters, yes — we evaluate it case by case at the initial consultation, never as a blanket policy.