Osvaldo Villalobos Hires

New Legal Defense Team

 

 

After careful consideration, and quoting the official notice provided to the court, due to "strictly personal and professional reasons", Osvaldo Villalobos has made the difficult decision to dismiss the legal team of Coto/Mejias/Garcia, effective immediately, terminating and fully satisfying all lawyer/client contractual obligations between them.

 A new team of lawyers has been hired.  They are:

 Lic. Juan Tovar - who has a previous working relationship with the family, will deal with the administrative responsibilities of the new team and will handle the civil law aspects of the case.

 Lic. Rodrigo Araya - former public defender, now in private practice, most notably now defending Father Minor Calvo against homicide charges in the Parmenio Medina case, will be leading the defense against the criminal charges in the case.

 Lic. Federico Campos - public defender for 13 years, professor of criminal law at the University of Costa Rica, will be co-defending Osvaldo against the criminal charges.

 And finally, remaining on the legal team and bringing with him the in-depth knowledge and experience of the past four years will be Lic. Alexander Ruiz, who will handle the fraud charges associated with the investor querellas (criminal accusations of fraud made by the claimants).

 Lic. Araya and Campos have worked together previously, and the team was carefully built with an emphasis on complementary legal skills and fostering a cohesive working relationship.  We know that the new team has much work ahead of them and we wish them God speed.  As it turns out, the few months still remaining until the start of trial will come in handy.

 Before we close, we would like to remind all of you that the meeting between all the lawyers and the judge scheduled for this coming Monday, September 11, is nothing more than a scheduling session to coordinate the agendas of the many lawyers involved in this case.  There will be no significant petitions, points of law, or any other important legal matter discussed or considered during this planning session.

 No one should have any expectations whatsoever for any surprise announcements or decisions as a result of this meeting.  We will of course provide a report of that event later that same evening.

 Thank you very much.

 

 

 

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