Nayda I. Pérez-Román

Nayda I. Pérez-Román is a principal and director at TCM, where she has practiced since 2013 with a focus on civil and commercial litigation. She represents clients before administrative agencies and in Puerto Rico’s state and federal courts in matters involving contract disputes, termination of distribution agreements, requests for proposals and government contract awards (bid protests), municipal license taxes, tax credits, real-estate disputes, collections, antitrust, attorney fees and the enforcement of alternative dispute resolution and forum-selection clauses. In addition, she has experience representing clients in arbitration pursuant to the American Arbitration Association rules. 

Ms. Pérez-Román also has experience in health law, including representing clients in False Claims Act and health-care fraud matters in federal court; litigating collections in administrative forums; advising on licensing and compliance; and reviewing professional-services agreements between hospitals and providers. 

Her corporate work includes drafting and reviewing commercial leases and subleases, as well as endorsement and sponsorship agreements. 

Ms. Pérez-Román served as Associate Director of the University of Puerto Rico Law Review and is coauthor of “Las mujeres y el Derecho,” 79 Rev. Jur. UPR 1021 (2010), and “The Legal and Socioeconomic Considerations in Spine Telemedicine,” Neurosurgery 90(4):365–371 (2022)—selected as the 2022 Top Council of State Neurosurgical Societies Paper of the Year by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. She has also published legal analysis columns in El Nuevo Día. 

She is an active member of the Federal Bar Association and has held multiple leadership roles on the Puerto Rico Chapter’s Board of Directors, including President, President Elect, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director.