Arelys Ortiz Rivera at a glance
- Current role
- Municipal Court Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Puerto Rico · Territorial
- Judicial service
- Active
Arelys Ortiz Rivera
Municipal Court Judge · Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Biography
Professional career
Education
Additional information
- Recent milestone: Recommended for promotion to Superior Judge in 2026
- In May 2024, Ortiz Rivera was among three municipal judges who took the oath of office at the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, alongside Judges María T. Hernández Calzada and Davier Alfaro Alfaro.
- This formal juramentación marked her official assumption of the municipal judge position
- The official report from the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico includes detailed performance criteria and scoring, reflecting her judicial conduct and case management
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure
Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Civil actions in the Court of First Instance; preserve the publisher’s March 2023 compilation date. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Puerto Rico Rules of Evidence
Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Evidence in applicable trial proceedings; Rule 103 exceptions apply; preserve the source compilation date. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Puerto Rico Rules of Criminal Procedure
Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, San Juan Judicial Region
Criminal proceedings in the Court of First Instance; preserve the source compilation date. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
Identity source checked July 27, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 27, 2026.
Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico official judicial roster ↗SUMAC, Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
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