Trial Lawyer graduated from the Escuela Libre de Derecho University (2015). She began her career in 2011 as a legal assistant at the NCC Abogados Law Firm (now NCC Parajeles) within the litigation department lead by Mr. Alfredo Nuñez Gamboa. From 2012 to January 2016, she served as legal assistant at the Hulbert Volio Law Firm, in Corporate Law and within the Litigation Department.

In 2013, when the Dr. Parajeles joined the Hulberto Volio firm, her practice areas became focused on the Credit and Collections Department, where she prepared legal opinions, drafted credit documents (promissory notes, bills of exchange, pledges, mortgages), prepared and reviewed credit contracts. In addition, she represented clients in judicial collection proceedings and out-of-court negotiations for the cancellation of debts and collection of HOA fees, among others. She combined her professional practice with her studies and completed her law degree with the defense of thesis entitled “Extrajudicial Execution of Monetary Obligations” on December 2015.

She is a member of the Costa Rican Bar Association since June 2016. In September 2016, she began her international master’s degree in the area of Private Law at the Carlos III University of Madrid, completing her postgraduate studies in 2018 with the defense of her final project which proposes the creation of a Register of Secured Transactions. Her areas of specialization are collection rights and payment guarantees.
Together with Dr. Gerardo Parajeles Vindas, she founded the Parajeles Law Firm, aimed at the personalized litigation of civil and commercial affairs.

Current Areas of Practice
When the Parajeles Law Firm merged with NCC Abogados to form NCC Parajeles, Maria Jose was brought on board as partner, dedicating herself to advising local and international clients on different aspects of the Civil and Commercial Law, as well as litigation. She has also worked to manage collections processes. She is currently one of the attorneys overseeing the credit and judicial collections areas. She is also closely connected to the development of new regulations related to the Secured Transactions Act and enforcement processes of the Civil Procedure Code that has recently come into effect.

Education
• CARLOS III DE MADRID UNIVERSITY. Master in Private Law, with a focus on the Register of Secured Transactions. (2018)
• COSTA RICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. Member SINCE June 2016. License No. 26444.
• ESCUELA LIBRE DE DERECHO UNIVERSITY. Bachelor of Laws (2012). Graduated with Law Degree (2016). Graduation project (thesis): “Extrajudicial Execution of Monetary Obligations” approved with grade of 95/100. (2015). Post-graduate program in Notary and Registration Law –Pending.

Specialization
• Participation in the II International Seminar “Dialogue on the Challenges of Non-Criminal Reforms in Latin America”, held by the Center for Justice Studies of the Americas (CEJA), GIZ Chile, Ibero-American Institute of Procedural Law and Argentine Association of Procedural Law. BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA. (2013)
• Participation in courses at the Costa Rican International Center for Studies: “Guidance for oral hearings in collections processes”. (2014) “Analysis of the Movable Property Guarantee Act”. (2014) “Extrajudicial Settlements: with emphasis on the Movable Property Guarantee Act “. (2015) “Judicial Collections- Collections Processes: Civil Procedure”. (2015)
• Participation in the II Symposium on the Movable Property Guarantee Act: Implementation and Challenges, held by the Costa Rican Bar Association.