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# Carmen Consuelo Cerezo

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico · Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
- State: Puerto Rico
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### 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

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## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/582/carmen-consuelo-cerezo/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/582/carmen-consuelo-cerezo/)
- [U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/582/carmen-consuelo-cerezo/)
- [SUMAC, Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos](https://poderjudicial.pr/tribunal-electronico/sumac/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/582/carmen-consuelo-cerezo/)
- [Cerezo, Carmen Consuelo | Federal Judicial Center](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/cerezo-carmen-consuelo)
- [Retirement of the Hon. Carmen Consuelo Cerezo | District of Puerto Rico | United States District Court](https://www.prd.uscourts.gov/news/retirement-hon-carmen-consuelo-cerezo)
- [Wikidata: Carmen Consuelo Cerezo](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5043448)

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