Experience
Customized solutions by a multidisciplinary team with cutting edge knowledge and strong national and international experience.
The professionals associated with the ECO-EJE have more than 30 years of national and international experience in the fields of legal advice, ecological-economics, markets and green finance, environmental management, conservation, administration and project management, among other areas. This allows our firm to provide comprehensive services that can meet the needs of our clients with greater efficiency, consistency and technical solidity.
Technical team
Dr. Bernardo Aguilar González
PhD in Environmental Management and Culture, M.Sc. in Agricultural and Applied Economics, JD and Specialist in Agrarian and Environmental Law UCR. Thirty year national and international experience in technical work, as a lawyer and in public service in environmental matters (Environmental Law, Ecological Economics and Political Ecology) for NGOs, public institutions and universities in the US and Costa Rica
Joan Aguilar Umaña
Estudiante activo en la carrera de Bachillerato y Licenciado de Salud Ambiental de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Asistente en el bufete. Experiencia en participación de voluntariados variados, como plantado de árboles, recolecta de basura y el Teletón.
Lic. Ruth Solano Vásquez (Of Counsel Advisor)
Finished the coursework for a Master's Degree in Environmental Legislation from the University for International Cooperation and has a JD Degree from the UACA. Six year experience as Head Judge of the MINAE Environmental Administrative Court and more than 30 years as legal advisor and litigator in environmental, administrative and notarial matters in private practice and with NGOs.
Bach. Bernardo Aguilar Umaña (Of Counsel Advisor)
Bachelor in Education from the UCR. Educator with experience in the design of Environmental Education curricula, English as a second language and facilitation of field education programs for US universities in the NGO sector in Costa Rica. He is currently working as a secondary education educator of the English language.
Lic. Luis Fernando Fallas Marín (Of Counsel Advisor)
JD in Law degree from the University of Costa Rica. Thirty five years of experience as Legal Advisor, Trial Lawyer and Notary Public with a specialty in labor and criminal matters for public institutions and in the liberal exercise of the profession.
Lic. Bernardo Aguilar Gaucherand (Of Counsel Advisor)
JD in Law from the Universidad de San José. Experience of more than 50 years in judicial office, as legal advisor and trial lawyer in Labor Law at Costa Rica´s judiciary system and in private professional practice.
M.L. Jorge Mora-Portuguez (Of Counsel Advisor)
Masters in Environmental Legislation from the University for International Cooperation, JD and Notary Public from University of Costa Rica. For more than 26 years facilitator, consultant and researcher in processes of citizen participation, human rights, sustainable mobility, integrated management of water resources, watershed management, urban planning and land use planning in Costa Rica, Central America and international.