Margarita Mercado Echegaray

Margarita Mercado Echegaray
Prosecutor General
Assumed office
January 13, 2013
Governor Alejandro García Padilla
Personal details
Born Margarita Mercado Echegaray
(1980-12-07) December 7, 1980
Political party Popular Democratic Party
Alma mater

University of Puerto Rico

Columbia University

Occupation attorney

Margarita Mercado Echegaray[lower-alpha 1] (born on December 7, 1980) is an attorney, the current Solicitor General of Puerto Rico, and the youngest to hold such post.[1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] Mercado has a bachelor's degree in political science and history of the Americas, and a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico. She also has a master of laws in constitutional law and civil rights from Columbia University.[4][lower-alpha 4] Before her appointment, Mercado served as a law clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and as a law clerk for Anabelle Rodríguez in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.[4]

Mercado's most prominent cases includes the defense of the government of Puerto Rico against a lawsuit presented by the Puerto Rico Association of Members of the Judiciary.[5] The Association claims that Act 162 of 2013 is unconstitutional and that it minimizes the principle of judicial independence.[6][7]

Notes

  1. ↑ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mercado and the second or maternal family name is Echegaray.
  2. ↑ Metro (2013; in Spanish) "Mercado Echegaray, de 32 años, se convirtió en la procuradora general más joven y tendrá como responsabilidad defender al Estado en los tribunales de Apelaciones y Supremo."[2]
  3. ↑ Senate of Puerto Rico (2013; in Spanish) "La licenciada Margarita Mercado Echegaray nació el 7 de diciembre de 1980 en San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is currently single."[3]
  4. ↑ Senate of Puerto Rico (2013; in Spanish) "En ese mismo año (2009) completó una maestría en derecho constitucional y derechos civiles en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Columbia en el Estado de Nueva York."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Procuradora General fue designada sin la experiencia requerida por ley". www.noticel.com. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  2. ↑ "Senado confirma a Mercado Echegaray como procuradora general – Metro". Metro.pr. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  3. 1 2 "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (SENADO)" (PDF). Senado.pr.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  4. 1 2 "Margarita Mercado Echegaray juramenta como procuradora general". Primerahora.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Procuradora general resiste artillería pesada de jueces asociados - Univision Puerto Rico". Puertorico.univision.com. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  6. ↑ "Histórica cobertura de vista sobre pensión de jueces - Univision Puerto Rico". Puertorico.univision.com. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  7. ↑ "Ley" (PDF). Oslpr.org. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
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