Francisco Rebollo is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He served in that position from 1982 to 2008. Appointed by Governor Carlos Romero Barceló Rebollo served under Chief Justices Víctor Pons, José Andreu García, and Federico Hernández Denton, as well as Chief Justice Miriam Naveira, in addition to having served as acting Chief Justice himself.
Prior to joining the Supreme Court, he served as a Superior Court judge and as an attorney in private practice.
He resigned on July 31, 2008, prior to reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 in August 2008. The vacancy he created will probably remain unfilled until a new governor is sworn in on January 2, 2009. Two prior vacancies, created by the mandatory retirement of Associate Justice Baltasar Corrada del Rio in April, 2005,and the death of Associate Justice Jaime Fuster in December, 2007, have remained unfilled due to an impasse between former pro-commonwealth Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá and former pro-statehood Senate President Kenneth McClintock, who has announced that in addition to all other qualifications, the two vacancies created by both pro-statehood justices must be filled by nominees with similar ideological leanings. Governor Luis Fortuño may fill the vacancies early in his term.
After his retirement, Rebollo returned to private practice, joining the prestigious law firm of Fiddler, Gonzalez & Rodriguez in 2009.
| Preceded by n/a |
Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico 1982-2008 |
Succeeded by Erick Kolthoff Caraballo |