Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez at a glance
- Current role
- Chief Justice
- Jurisdiction
- Puerto Rico · Territorial
- Judicial service
- Active
Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez
Chief Justice · Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Biography
Professional career
- Puerto Rican jurist and the 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, in office since February 22, 2016
- 2016–present: Chief Justice
- 2014–2016: Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
- 2002–2004: Law clerk to Chief Justice Federico Hernández-Denton
Education
- JD, magna cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where she edited the University of Puerto Rico Law Review
Additional information
- Born 1976.
- The third woman to preside over the court and the youngest to hold the position.
- Accountability, transparency, and judicial independence She chairs the Advisory Commission on Access to Justice and the Equality and Gender Committee of the Puerto Rico Judiciary, and has served on the Permanent Commission on Gender and Access to Justice of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Puerto Rico Supreme Court Rules
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Supreme Court only; dated 2011 compilation with later amendments listed by publisher. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Sources
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Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico official judicial roster
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