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A legal tradition for over 150 years
The legal tradition began in 1862 with Lorenzo Adrian Arreaza
Lorenzo Adrian Arreaza was a lawyer graduated in 1862 at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He was a constituent parliamentarian at the Constituent Assembly elected in 1862, at the time of Guzmán Blanco as a President of Venezuela. He represented the State of Barcelona (nowadays State of Anzoátegui). He was a promotor of economic liberalism and of the Federation. He was pursued because of his political ideas and he exiled in Colombia. Years latter he was appointed Consul of Venezuela in such country. He returned to Venezuela a few years latter, where he promoted the independence of the State of Zulia. He had to return to exile. He got a presidential pardon, and returned to Venezuela. He lived the rest of his life in Barcelona, State of Anzoategui, working as a lawyer.
The legal tradition continues with Mariano Adrian Castro
Mariano Adrian Castro is one of the sons of Lorenzo Adrian Arreaza. He lived in his youth in Barcelona. State of Anzoategui, where he married to María Antonia La Rosa Castro. He got 7 children. He became a critical of the dictatorship of Gomez, and he was a political prisoner for about 4 years. When he was freed, he traveled with his family to Caracas. He graduated as a Procurator at the Universidad Central de Venezuela during the time of Gomez. He returned to Barcelona, State of Anzoátegui, where he worked as a lawyer. Then he returned to Caracas at the end of 1940, where he founded the "Escritorio Mariano Adrian", located downtown Caracas (Esquina Las Madrices). He worked as a lawyer until he was 94 years old. He died two years latter, at the age of 96.
The legal tradition continues with Mariano Adrian La Rosa
Mariano Adrian La Rosa was one of the sons of Lorenzo Adrian Arreaza. He studied law and graduated a little bit old, because he had to work in order to support his family during the time his father was jailed for political reasons. He graduated at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and worked as a lawyer during all his life, at the "Escritorio Mariano Adrian", founded by his father. He was a very notorious court lawyer, and won several cases that created precedents applied until today. Particulary in cases relating the oil companies, electricity and indigenous rights. He died at the age of 94.
The legal tradition continues with Mariano Adrian Bujanda
Durign his first marriage, Mariano Adrian La Rosa had a son and a daughter. The son, Mariano Adrian Bujanda, studied law at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, and worked at the "Escritorio Mariano Adrian" until he died.
The tradition evolved with Tamara Adrian
Tamara Adrian is a daughter of the second marriage of Mariano Adrian La Rosa. She studied law at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, where she graduated with the highest honors, being the first of her class. She got the degree of Doctor in Law at the Université Paris 2, France, with the highest honors, as well as various other degrees described in her biography. She worked at the Escritorio Mariano Adrian as a legal assistant, and after her doctoral degree, as a lawyer. As she loved so much the intersection of economy, administration and finances, she further worked at Espiñeira Sheldon y Asociados, an accounting firm, in the tax section. Further she was appointed Deputy General Counsel of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, where she took care of the oil industry. Further she was appointed as General Counsel of the National Securities Commission, where she applied her knowledge of the capital markets and the stock exchange. Latter she was the General Counsel that founded the Venezuelan Banking Deposit Insurance Fund, and she drafted all the legislation concerning banking and deposit insurance. She further worked with Benson, Perez Matos, Antakly and Watts, as an associate and latter as a full partner, in oil and gas, foreign investments, corporations and banking. Finally he worked with Eiris, Leañez y Adrian, taking care of oil and gas and mining clients. In 1998 she decided to return to her sources, and founded with her father, Mariano Adrian La rosa, the law firm Adrian & Adrian Abogados Consultores. Her father was already old, but he took a new air of living, working at the law office, until he could not attend anymore. She decided to turn the local law firm into an international law firm, specialized in foreign clients, as well as in big local companies. And her vision was to turn the firm into a "legal boutique". This vision makes the difference in the form we take care of our clients.