Madeleine K. Rodriguez

Representative Experience

Commercial Litigation

• Successfully represented Venezuela and the Venezuelan Ministry of Finance in a U.S. Federal Court case regarding forged bank promissory notes.
• Representing an international corporation and its U.S. subsidiary in federal and state court litigation involving claims of commercial wrongdoing and fraud. 

Investor-State Arbitration 

• Represented Venezuela in an ICSID (Additional Facility) proceeding brought by a Canadian company under a bilateral investment treaty in connection with a mining operations contract.
• Represented Venezuela in an ICSID arbitration regarding the alleged expropriation of Venezuelan subsidiaries in the steel industry.
• Successfully represented El Salvador in an ICSID arbitration brought under a domestic investment law concerning the claimant’s alleged entitlement to a mining exploitation concession and rights to exploration licenses. 

Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition

• Secured clients’ trademark rights through aggressive protection and enforcement strategies in an array of industries, including entertainment, consumer products, food and beverage, education, technology, financial services and non-profits.
• Advised clients with respect to trademark and branding strategy, including clearance, prosecution and policing.

Pro Bono Representation 

• Successfully argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, obtaining extraordinary relief by way of enforcement of the attorney-client privilege with regards to client records.
• Second chaired federal racketeering conspiracy trial
• Successfully represented unaccompanied refugee children in petitions for special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) and legal permanent resident status.
• Successfully assisted survivors of domestic violence in restraining order proceedings against their abusive partners.
• Successfully represented veteran who was wrongly denied VA benefits before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.