Lorena Cortés Rivera at a glance
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- Superior Court Judge
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Lorena Cortés Rivera
Superior Court Judge · Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, Bayamón Judicial Region
Biography
Professional career
- For example, in March 2024, she was cited in a news report as the judge from the Fajardo First Instance Court who determined cause for arrest and set a $400,000 bail amount in a homicide case involving Yaritza Fuentes Jusino Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico
- Lorena Cortés Rivera is a Superior Court Judge of the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, serving in the Bayamón Judicial Region, and has also held leadership roles in the judicial evaluation system
Education
Additional information
- In January 2021, the Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico appointed Lorena Cortés Rivera as Directora Ejecutiva de la Comisión de Evaluación Judicial (Executive Director of the Judicial Evaluation Commission) under Rule 5 of the Judges and Judges’ Evaluation Regulations LexJuris de Puerto Rico
- While not a presiding judge in a high-profile trial, she has been involved in significant legal proceedings
- This illustrates her role in handling serious criminal matters within her jurisdiction
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure
Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, Bayamón 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, Bayamón 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, Bayamón 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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