Main Areas of Practice

· Criminal law
· Administrative Law
· Urban law
· Tax consultancy

Experience

Her professional practice involves the strategic coordination and administration of importants accounts for Arias & Muñoz. Answering different legal consultancies, about administrative and telecommunications, law.

Pilar has participated in different seminaries, like the Constitutional Seminary of the Judicial School, 2002. The Human Rights and Penal Justice in Latin America seminary, of the Judicial School, the Institute Raoul Walleneerg of Human Rights and Humanitary Rights– Sweden, Sweden Agency of International Cooperation for the Latinamerican Institute of the United Nations for the crime prevention and criminal treatment, 2003.She was judge in the Human Rights Competition of the Costa Rican University, 2004. She did her professional practice en the Consultorios Jurídicos, based in Labor Law, of the Costa Rican University, 2004. Participation on the discussion for the First Memo of Costa Rica about the status of fulfillment of the Millenium Development Objectives, of the Consejo Social de Gobierno, of the United Nations (ONU), 2004. She did her social work with the Costa Rican University focus on Migrant Population, creating the
Digesto de la Defensoría de los Habitantes, with the Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) and Defensoría de los Habitantes, 2005. She made her Graduation Project named “El impuesto sobre las remesas al exterior”, 2007 and approve the Ética Profesional course of the Colegio de Abogados, 2007.

Her experience includes two years as a legal assistance in criminal law at Quirós & Asociados (2003-2005), collaboration with Nicaragua government with Corporaciones Nacionales del Sector Publico (CORNAP) (2006). Two years as a legal assistance in tax consultancy at Gonzalo Fajardo & Asociados

Career

Pilar holds a the Especially for Notaries, of the Interamerican University, (2006). She obtained her law degree from Universidad of Costa Rica (2007) and she is authorized Attorney in Costa Rica (2007).

Languages

She is fluent in Spanish and English