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Costa Rican Law Firm Gets
Half-Million for U.S. Asset
Seizure Cases
The U.S. Marshals Service this
week cemented a deal to have a
Santa Ana, Costa Rica - based
law firm oversee its
asset-seizure efforts in Costa
Rica.
BLP-Abogados, located in the
Forum Business Park west of San
José, will get nearly a
half-million dollars over the
next year to perform the
services. BLP is the acronym for
"Business Law Partners."
The U.S. Marshals on May 5
announced its intention to award
BLP a sole-source contract, the
stated purpose of which is to
"provide comprehensive care of
seized and forfeited personal
property and real property
located in Costa Rica." The U.S.
government on July 29 formally
listed the contract award on the
federal Electronic Posting
System database.
BLP is "a law firm built on the
conviction that legal advisers
must become true business
partners of their clients,"
according to www.buyusa.gov -
which ironically helps promote
commercial services in Central
America and elsewhere, while
serving as a clearinghouse for
information about the U.S-Central
American Free Trade Agreement,
or CAFTA.
"Over the years, the members of
the Firm have earned their
client's trust by using their
expertise and capabilities to
provide legal advice with a
business sense. In doing so, the
Firm adheres to the highest
international quality,
reliability and efficiency
standards. The Firm and its
attorneys have consolidated
leadership positions in the
local legal and business
marketplace."
BLP belongs to the State Capital
Global Law Firm Group, a
self-described "association of
independent law firms located in
all 50 U.S. capitals and in
business markets and financial
centers around the world." BLP
also is a member of Meritas, an
association of independent
business law firms located in
200 business markets around the
world.
BLP staffers include Georgetwon
University Law School graduate
Luis Manuel Castro, former
Washington, D.C.-based attorney
Neftali Garro, Harvard Law
School-trained attorney Vivian
Liberman, and former justice of
the Costa Rican Supreme Court of
Justice Hugo Picado.
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