Ponce, Puerto Rico

Legal resources in Ponce.

Ponce is Puerto Rico's third-largest municipio and a historic economic and cultural center — "La Perla del Sur." The city hosts the Centro Judicial de Ponce, the U.S. District Court Ponce Division, and Ponce Health Sciences University. The economy combines healthcare (Hospital San Lucas), higher education, manufacturing, and tourism. The January 2020 earthquake sequence (particularly the M6.4 event of January 7, 2020) caused significant damage in Ponce and the surrounding region, driving active post-earthquake construction and insurance litigation.