--- title: "Raúl Manuel Arias-Marxuach | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raul-manuel-arias-marxuach" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Raúl Manuel Arias-Marxuach 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: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Current position: Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (2021–present) - Raúl Manuel Arias‐Marxuach is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, a position he has held since October 20, 2021 - held the role of Chief Judge of the Puerto Rico federal district court since 2021 - Judge, District Court, D. Puerto Rico, 2019-present - Adjunct professor, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 2016-present - Adjunct professor, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 2013-present - Adjunct professor, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 2011-present - Law clerk to Associate Justice Antonio Negrón García of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1992–1993) ### Education - Harvard University — LL.M. (1994) - University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras — J.D. (1992) - Boston College — B.A. (1989) ### Additional information - Private practice, San Juan, PR, 1994-2019 - Born 1967 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. - Date of birth: 1967-01-01 - Birth place: San Juan ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6385001) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6385001) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6385001) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8535/raul-manuel-arias-marxuach/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8535/raul-manuel-arias-marxuach/) - [Wikidata: Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51725001) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raul-manuel-arias-marxuach", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raul-manuel-arias-marxuach", "name": "Raúl Manuel Arias-Marxuach | KnowJudges", "description": "Raúl Manuel Arias-Marxuach, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. 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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](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.