Mr. Gustavo A. Chico-Barris

Gustavo A. Chico-Barris is a member with Ferraiuoli LLC?s Bankruptcy & Creditors? Rights PracticeGroup, the Dispute Resolution Group/Commercial Litigation Division and the Insurance Practice Group in San Juan, P.R. He previously clerked for Chief Bankruptcy Judge Enrique S. Lamoutte at the U.S.Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico and was a partner in a boutique law firm in Puerto Rico doing corporate counseling, real estate transactions, commercial litigation and insurance practice. Mr.Chico-Barris focuses his legal practice in advising and representing creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy, including judicial proceedings in chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13 cases, and out-of-court financial transactions and restructuring. He has gained considerable negotiation skills and ample litigation experience before federal and state trial and appellate courts, agencies and arbitration forums on creditors? rights and bankruptcy, commercial litigation, insurance regulation, claims under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, real estate transactions, bond claims, insurance claim and fraud claims. Mr. Chico-Barris is admitted practice law in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts and New York. He is also admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the First Circuit, U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit, U.S. Court of Inter-national Trade, and the U.S. District Courts for the District of Puerto Rico, District of Massachusetts,Eastern District of Wisconsin, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and Eastern District of Missouri.Mr. Chico-Barris serves an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law with the University of Puerto RicoSchool of Law. He received his B.A. in international relations in 1999 from Tufts University and his J.D.in 2002 from American University School of Law.