The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest court of Puerto Rico,having judicial authority to interpret and decide questions of Puerto Rican law. The Court is analogous to one of the state supreme courts of the states of the United States and is the highest state court and the court of last resort in Puerto Rico. Article V of the Constitution of Puerto Rico vests the judicial power in the Supreme Court,which by nature forms the judicial branch of the government of Puerto Rico. The Supreme Court holds its sessions in San Juan.
Baltasar Corrada del Río was a Puerto Rican politician. He held various high political offices in the island,including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission,Resident Commissioner (1977–1985),Mayor of the capital city of San Juan (1985–1989),Puerto Rico's 15th Secretary of State (1993–1995) and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1995–2005). He was also the unsuccessful NPP candidate for Governor in the elections of 1988.
Efraín E. Rivera Pérez was a Puerto Rican jurist who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He held the position from 2000 to 2010.
Anabelle Rodríguez Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican lawyer,former state Attorney General,and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. In December 2020 she reached the age of 70,at which point the Puerto Rico Constitution mandated her retirement from the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
Roberto Sánchez Ramos is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico and former Attorney General of Puerto Rico,appointed in 2005 by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. Before becoming Attorney General,Sanchez Ramos served as Solicitor General of Puerto Rico. He is the son of former Governor of Puerto Rico Roberto Sánchez Vilella. His mother,Jeannette Ramos Buonomo,is a retired judge of the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals,and his grandfather was Ernesto Ramos Antonini,who for many years was the Speaker (President) of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives. Also,his aunt was Ivette Ramos Buonomo,a retired professor at University of Puerto Rico's Law School. He was born while his father Roberto Sánchez Vilella was governor of Puerto Rico.
JoséAntonio Andreu García was a Puerto Rican jurist who served as the 13th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2003. He was known for his moderate approach to constitutional law.
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico since January 2,2021. He has previously served as secretary of justice,resident commissioner,acting secretary of state,de facto governor of Puerto Rico and as private attorney for Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board under the Puerto Rico Oversight,Management,and Economic Stability Act. He is a member of the New Progressive Party and the Democratic Party of the United States.
Carlos Victor Dávila Dávila was the oldest living former Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court for many years until his death.
Aaron Cecil Snyder was an American lawyer who served as a prosecutor and judge in Puerto Rico.
JoséTrías Monge was a lawyer and judge in Puerto Rico. He served as the 11th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1974 to 1985.
Mildred Gail Pabón Charneco is a Puerto Rican judge serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico after being appointed to the post on February 4,2009,by Governor Luis Fortuño. Graduated at the University of Puerto Rico,where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science with the highest honors. In 1983 she earned her juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. She filled the vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice Jaime Fuster in 2007. Pabón is the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Cerezo is the first Latina to serve on a federal bench,and the first female federal judge in Puerto Rico. At the time of her retirement in 2021,Cerezo was the last federal judge in active service to have been appointed to her position by President Jimmy Carter.
Miguel Alberto Romero Lugo is a Puerto Rican lawyer,who is the current Mayor of San Juan. He was also Secretary of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico (2009–2012) and former Chief of Staff of Puerto Rico during Governor Luis Fortuño's administration (2012–2013) and senator for the San Juan District (2017–2020).
Erick Kolthoff-Benners is a Puerto Rican retired Superior Court Judge who was the first Afro-Puerto Rican member of the islands' judiciary. He was appointed by Puerto Rico Governor Carlos Romero Barceló,after having served as his legal advisor while Romero served as mayor of San Juan from 1969 to 1977.
Edgardo Rivera García is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He was nominated by Governor Luis Fortuño to succeed retired Justice Efraín Rivera Pérez. Nominated on August 3,2010,he was confirmed by the Senate of Puerto Rico on September 8,2010.
Luis Estrella-Martínez is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Confirmed by the Senate on May 11,2011,he took office on May 25,2011,at the age of 39 and could serve for over 30 years until his mandatory retirement age of 70 on November 17,2041.
JoséEmilio González Velázquez is a Puerto Rican politician and Senator. He has been a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico since 2004.
The Judiciary of Puerto Rico is defined under the Constitution of Puerto Rico and consists of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico,Court of Appeals,and the Court of First Instance consisting of the Superior Courts and the Municipal Courts.
Jorge Díaz Reverón is a Puerto Rican judge. He was the first First Gentleman of Puerto Rico and husband of Wanda Vázquez Garced. At the time,Díaz Reverón was a superior court judge in Caguas.
Luis Felipe Negrón Fernández was a Puerto Rican jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and later as the ninth chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1971 till 1972.
