UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

IN RE:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR 

PUERTO RICO, 

 as representative of 

THE COMMONWEALTH OF 

PUERTO RICO, et al., 

 Debtors

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IN RE: 

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR 

PUERTO RICO, 

 as representative of 

PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER 

AUTHORITY 

 Debtor.

PROMESA Title III 

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered) 

PROMESA Title III 

No. 17 BK 4780-LTS 

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE

1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case number and the last four (4) 

digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3283‐ LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); (ii) Puerto Rico Sales Tax 

Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3284‐ LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 

8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority “HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3567‐ LTS) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3808); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 3566‐ LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax 

ID: 9686); and (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17 BK 4780‐ LTS) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747) (Title III case numbers are listed as Bankruptcy Case numbers due to 

software limitations).

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

COMES NOW, Asociación de Titulares de Condominios, Inc., a party-in-interest in the 

captioned case, and hereby enter its appearance through its undersigned counsel, and respectfully 

states and prays as follows:

1. The undersigned counsel has been retained to represent the appearing party in the 

above captioned case.

2. Asociación de Titulares de Condominios, Inc. (the “Asociación”) is a communitybased nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

since 2019. Its purpose is to educate, research, and advocate for the rights of Puerto Rico’s 

individual condominium titleholders. The Asociación provides its more than 3,000 members, 

which comprise households for approximately 500,000 families, information and free legal 

counsel as well a communal forum to discuss issues affecting condominium titleholders under

Puerto Rico’s Horizontal Property Regime.

3. The contact information of the requesting party is as follows:

Marimar Pérez-Riera, Esq.

Marimar Condado Condominium

1754 McLeary Avenue, Penthouse

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00911

(787) 929-1555

marimar.perezriera@yahoo.com

4. The appearing party is a community organization and active stakeholder on energy 

issues in Puerto Rico. Its members are concerned citizens and condominium titleholders who 

depend on a reliable, sustainable, and affordable access to electricity. All of the Asociación’s

members are clients of Puerto Rico Power Authority (PREPA) that will be concretely affected by 

the Modified Second Amended Title III Plan of Adjustment of the Puerto Rico Power Authority, 

its projected electricity rate increases, and the continued fragility of the island’s power grid. The 

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Asociación’s members are interested in promoting a transformation of PREPA that ensures their 

right to the full enjoyment of their homes and their condominiums’ common areas.

Hence, the undersigned request from this Honorable Court, pursuant to Rules 2002 and

9010(b) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and the Ninth Amended Notice, Case

Management and Administrative Procedures (In Re: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (17-03283-

LTS) Docket No. 1512-1, applicable by Order in the 17-4780-LTS case Docket No. 11), to

accept this notice as a formal appearance in the captioned case and that he be notified with copy

of all filings in the case.

WHEREFORE, it is respectfully requested from this Honorable Court to take notice of

the above for all relevant purposes.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this same date I electronically filed the foregoing with 

the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to 

all participants and Standard Parties. A courtesy copy of this Motion will be 

delivered to the Court by email to SwainDPRCorresp@nysd.uscourts.gov as provided in First 

Amended Standing Order.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 20th day of April, 2023.

/s/ Judith Berkan

Judith Berkan

USDC 200803

Berkan/Méndez

G-11 Calle O’Neill

San Juan, P.R. 00918

Tel.: 787-764-0814

Temp.: 787-399-7657

Email: berkanj@microjuris.com;

Email: berkanmendez@gmail.com

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