Francisco E. Mundaca is the Founding Partner of The Mundaca Law Firm, LLC, a multi-jurisdictional law firm representing executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, businesses, and organizations in sophisticated employment, business, crisis management, and litigation matters. A former New York prosecutor with more than 17 years of legal experience, Francisco is admitted to practice in New York, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
Throughout his career, Francisco has been entrusted with matters involving clients whose positions, businesses, and public profiles demand discretion, sound judgment, and sophisticated legal counsel. His clients have included White House officials, senior government officials, celebrities, professional athletes, and members of international royalty. He has also served as an advisor to members of the United States Congress on matters requiring careful consideration of legal, professional, and reputational consequences.Francisco founded The Mundaca Law Firm with a commitment to sophisticated, highly responsive representation and a philosophy embodied by the firm’s guiding principle: Advocacy without compromises. As Founding Partner, he leads the firm’s strategic direction while maintaining an active practice representing clients in matters where the legal, financial, professional, and reputational stakes are often substantial.
Employment Law
Business & Corporate Law
Litigation & Crisis Management
Media & Professional Leadership
Background
Most recently, Francisco Mundaca, served as the Managing Partner, at one of the most prominent Labor and Employment firms in the Washington, D.C., and Virginia area. Therein, he served as the firm’s top attorney and as an integral part of the firm’s multi-million dollar growth. As Managing Partner, he was the firm’s lead trial attorney, created the firm’s internal legal structure, solely responsible for selecting and managing all legal personnel. He also defended the firm in all adversarial legal matters.
Francisco Mundaca has always been an active proponent of providing pro bono assistance. At his former firm, he created various initiatives to help those who are less fortunate. His various licenses and forethought allowed Francisco to expand the firm’s physical presence from Virginia to Maryland, and his licenses provided access to courthouses in the nation’s largest markets. His steadfast counsel has secured millions of dollars for his clients, many of which he remains in contact with today.
Historical
Prior to his attendance at law school, Francisco worked as a Forensic Analyst for a prestigious Computer Forensics firm in New York City. After earning his Juris Doctorate degree in Washington, D.C., Francisco returned to New York, and began his tenure as an Assistant District Attorney for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office (Brooklyn, NY). Due to his tenacity, Francisco was selected to the Gang Division, an elite group of attorneys within the DA’s office, and tasked with prosecuting gang activity in many of New York’s highest-crime areas. During that time, Francisco was ranked among the top ten percent (10%) of attorneys office-wide. A highlight of his time as a prosecutor included the largest takedown of one gang in Brooklyn history. After a year-long investigation, he successfully indicted forty-two (42) members of a violent street gang for conspiracy to commit murder, assault and robbery. Unique to this prosecution, Francisco and his team used social media to create a timeline for a string of violent felony crimes.
After resigning from the DA’s office, Francisco moved to civil practice and criminal defense. There, he focused on complex litigation and served as outsourced general counsel to businesses, celebrities, and international clientele. He also represented several individuals charged with a variety of felony and misdemeanor matters. Thereafter, Francisco served as a Senior Associate Attorney at two (2) mid-sized firms in Manhattan. In this capacity, he litigated on behalf of New York-area hospitals and physicians in their defense of medical malpractice claims.
As part of his practice in New York and the DMV area, Francisco was selected as the first non-City University of New York (CUNY) graduate to serve as an attorney-mentor in their attorney incubator program. He was selected by the city of New York to provide low and pro bono counsel to City Counsel constituents in Bronx County, and he lectured, in English and Spanish, in NYC public schools to educate students, parents, and faculty, on topics ranging from cyber-bullying to civil rights. Francisco was also extensively involved with nonprofits to educate minorities relating to immigration consequences and how their status may be affected by criminal charges.
Additionally, Francisco has been selected as a prosecutorial volunteer, for Project Safe Surrender, a government-organized community-based initiative geared toward clearing open warrants to reduce case backlogs. He has served as a Board of Director, for Pace University’s Lubin Alumni Association – his alma mater. Francisco has also served as General Counsel to the New York City LGBTQS Chamber of Commerce.
Bar Admissions
- Washington, D.C.;
- Maryland;
- Virginia;
- New York; and
- Texas
Education
- Catholic University, Columbus School of Law – Juris Doctorate
- Pace University, Lubin School of Business – BBA Finance
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia;
- Eastern District of Virginia;
- Western District of Virginia;
- District Court of Maryland;
- Southern District of New York;
- Eastern District of New York;
- Northern District of New York;
- United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit;
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; and
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Memberships & Associations
- Member of the Board of Visitors & Special Advisor to the Dean of The Catholic University of America – Columbus School of Law;
- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA);
- Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Assoc.;
- Hispanic National Bar Association;
- Legal Network for Gender Equity;
- Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce;
- Maryland Hispanic Bar Association;
- Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Bar Associations; and
- Anne Arundel Bar Association
- Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Archbishop Spalding: Class of 2029 – Parent Rep. Alternate