Pía Ruíz-Tagle

Pía joined the firm in 2025. She has focused her profesional experience on criminal litigation, appearing before Guarantee Courts, Oral Criminal Trial Courts, and Higher Courts of Justice. Her professional practice includes representing clients in complex litigation both as victims and as defendants, and also has contributed to the development of internal investigations.

Professional experience

• Intern at the Metropolitan South’s Studies Unit of the Public Defender’s Office (2022).
• Associate Attorney at Balmaceda, Cox y Piña (2022-2025).

Education

• Law Degree, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2021).
• Attorney’s License granted by the Supreme Court of Chile (2022).
• Diploma in Criminal Procedure System (2025), from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Academic experience

• Teaching Assistant in Criminal Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2018–present).
• Assistant at the Revista Chilena de Derecho (2018–present).
• Research Assistant for Fondecyt Regular Project No. 1180680, led by Professor Alex Van Weezel.
• Research Assistant for Fondecyt Regular Project No. 1211693, led by Professor María Magdalena Ossandón.
• Research Assistant for Fondecyt Regular Project No. 1201281, led by Professor Fernando Londoño.
• Teaching Assistant in History of Law and History of Legal, Political and Social Institutions, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2015–2017).

Languages

• English.