Alfredo Castellanos Esq. argued that the compulsory licensing law for lawyers in Puerto Rico is unconstitutional. He refused to pay his local Bar’s Association annual fee; and risked disbarment from The Supreme Court as a result of his fight against injustice within the local Bar’s Association, Filiberto Ojeda Rios, by honoring him with a funeral on their headquarters.
Alfredo Castellanos Esq. was the first to denounce and take legal action against ” aiding and supporting a domestic terrorist organization, an unlawful enemy combatant under the Constitution of the United States”.
Alfredo Castellanos Esq. legal action had a historical significance and was the first step in the long legal and legislative process that lead to ending 200 years compulsory association.
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Ponencia colegiacion compulsoria, SENADO DE PUERTO RICO (PDF)Ponencia colegiacion (presentada por Colegio Abogados PR en camara rep) (PDF)