Attorney Figueroa possesses all the credentials required by Maryland courts to serve as a Mediator, Facilitator, or Neutral Third Party in disputes of all kinds, whether directly between parties involved in a dispute or within an ongoing legal proceeding, and all in Spanish without the need for interpreters or translators. Specifically, his credentials include:

  • Graduate, 20 Hour Divorce Mediation: Child Custody and Visitation Seminar (March 2025)

  • Member, MPME Mediator Directory (January 2025)

  • Graduate, 40-Hour Basic Mediation -Virtual Training (MSBA, January 2025)

  • Graduate, Rising Above Office Conflict (MPME, 2024)

  • Graduate, Emotional Intelligence in Mediation (MPME, 2024)

  • Graduate, The Intersection of Mental Health and DEI- How Does it Affect Conflict Resolution? (MPME, 2024)

  • Graduate, The Ins and Outs of Technology Disputes (MPME, 2024)

  • Member, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London, 2019)

Internationally, Attorney Figueroa has represented clients in international arbitration and mediation proceedings, including:

  • Co-counsel in the case of SSK v. Hudbay (US$14 million) under a FIDIC agreement before the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce (2018-2019).

  • Co-counsel in the case before the International Trade Commission of the U.S. Department of Commerce, “Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, Korea, Mexico, and Poland Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1334-1337,” (Washington, D.C., 2015-2017).

  • Lead counsel in ICC arbitration case 21953/ASM (US$100 million) with over 100 claims for extension of time, additional costs, interruptions, and damages, representing Techint v. Ienova/Sempra regarding the construction of a gas pipeline network (2016).

  • Lead counsel in the multimillion-dollar ICSID Annulment Award case ARB/10/17 Renée Levy de Levi v. Peru (2014-2015).

  • Counsel for a Mexican client in multimillion-dollar litigation conducted in Texas, New York, and Mexico City concerning funds frozen in New York at the request of the Department of State (as an Associate at the George Muñoz Law Firm, Arlington, Virginia, 2006).

  • Associate attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington, D.C., he prepared motions on litigation strategies before the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank regarding large-scale energy projects in South America, as well as the first “Motion to Submit an Amicus Brief on the United States’ Import Ban on Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products,” filed before a panel of the World Trade Organization (1997 & 2003)

  • Attorney for the petitioner in the case “MTD Equity Sdn. Bhd. & MTD Chile S.A. v. Republic of Chile” (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/7) (2001-2002).