About Us | Firm Profile
ICAZA, GONZALEZ-RUIZ & ALEMAN provides tailor-made, sophisticated solutions to key corporate clients, international institutions and public entities, while remaining committed to offering a partner-led, individualized legal service and advice to our private clients.
ICAZA, GONZALEZ-RUIZ & ALEMAN was founded in 1920 as Lombardi e Icaza. Among the founders and partners of the firm can be encountered some of the pioneers who contributed to the creation of the legal structure of the country. Our firm has since been evolving and expanding alongside the international services center of Panama, delivering services of the highest caliber to both international and domestic clients and enjoying an unrivalled reputation.
Our Founders
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Juan Lombardi (1875-1944):
Born on September 29th, 1875 in the City of Panama.
Major accomplishments:
• Circuit and Superior Court Judge and Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice.
• Author of The Penal Code (1922) and the Mining Code.
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Actively participated in the discussion and writing of the Code drafts that the
Codifying Commission of 1913 was preparing, specifically with respect to the
Civil, Commercial and Judicial Codes.
• Considered as one of the first promoters of Panama Bar Association ("Colegio
Nacional de Abogados").
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Carlos Icaza A. ( 1895-1979):
Born on December 29th, 1895 in the City of Panama. He obtained the degree of Juris Doctor at Yale University in 1919.
Major accomplishments:
• Alternate Judge of The Supreme Court of Justice of Panama in 1926 and from
1928 until 1931
• Minister of Public Works
• Admitted in 1920 to the District Court of the United States operating in the
former Canal Zone
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Legislative Commission and of the
Examining Commission of aspirants to the legal profession.
• President of the Bar Association of the Canal Zone in 1932.
• Delegate of the Republic of Panama at the 1944 Chicago Convention on
International Civil Aviation
• Member of the National Foreign Relations Council of the Republic of Panama
from 1955 to 1968.
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