Carmen Consuelo Cerezo

Professional career

• Judge, District Court, D. Puerto Rico, 1980-present
• Judge, Puerto Rico Court of Intermediate Appeals, 1976-1980
• Judge, Puerto Rico Superior Court, 1972-1976
• Law clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico, 1967-1972
• Worked in private practice in Puerto Rico for eight months (1966–1967) before becoming chief law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1967–1968)

Education

Additional information

• Carmen Consuelo Cerezo (née Vargas) was the first Latina and first woman to serve on a federal bench in Puerto Rico, appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and retiring in 2021
• Chief Judge (1993–1999)
• Born August 22, 1940 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Cerezo obtained a B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico (1963), a J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law (1966), and an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law (1988).
• Date of birth: 1940-01-01
• At her retirement, she was the last federal judge in Puerto Rico appointed by President Carter
• Birth place: San Juan