Mildred Pabón
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Mildred Pabón Charneco is a Puerto Rican jurist
currently 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
. She filled the vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice Jaime Fuster
in 2007. Justice Pabón is the fourth woman
to serve on the Puerto Rican High Court.
Prior to serving as Associate Justice, Pabón served for over eight years as a judge at the Puerto Rico Circuit Court of Appeals and as Legislative Assistant to Governor
Pedro Rosselló
. She previously worked as a staff attorney at the Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico
and in private practice.
Jurist
A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
currently serving as an Associate Justice
Associate Justice
Associate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority within Puerto Rico to interpret and decide questions of Commonwealth law. As the highest body of the judicial branch of the Puerto Rican government, it is analogous to one of the...
after being appointed to the post on February 4, 2009 by Governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
Luis Fortuño
Luis Fortuño
Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is the governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America. Fortuño is also the president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico , a member of the Republican National Committee, and will be president of the Council of State...
. She filled the vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice Jaime Fuster
Jaime Fuster
Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri was a politician who served as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico...
in 2007. Justice Pabón is the fourth woman
Woman
A woman , pl: women is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent...
to serve on the Puerto Rican High Court.
Prior to serving as Associate Justice, Pabón served for over eight years as a judge at the Puerto Rico Circuit Court of Appeals and as Legislative Assistant to Governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
Pedro Rosselló
Pedro Rosselló
Pedro Juan Rosselló González, M.D., , is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001...
. She previously worked as a staff attorney at the Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico
Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico
The Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico was created on January 27, 1954 to provide research, translation, library and legislative drafting services to all members of the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly. Its duties are similar to those of the Congressional Research Service.The Office is...
and in private practice.