Margarita Mercado Echegaray

Margarita Mercado Echegaray
Prosecutor General
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 13, 2013
Governor Alejandro García Padilla
Personal details
Born Margarita Mercado Echegaray
December 7, 1980
Political party Popular Democratic Party
Alma mater University of Puerto Rico
Columbia University
Occupation attorney

Margarita Mercado Echegaray[lower-alpha 1] (born on December 7, 1980) is an attorney, the current Prosecutor General of Puerto Rico, and the youngest prosecutor to hold such post.[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] Mercado has a bachelor's degree in political science and history of the Americas, and a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico. She also has a master of laws in constitutional law and civil rights from Columbia University.[3][lower-alpha 4] Before her appointment, Mercado served as a law clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and as a law clerk for Anabelle Rodríguez in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.[3]

Mercado's most prominent cases includes the defense of the government of Puerto Rico against a lawsuit presented by the Puerto Rico Association of Members of the Judiciary.[4] The Association claims that Act 162 of 2013 is unconstitutional and that it minimizes the principle of judicial independence.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ↑ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mercado and the second or maternal family name is Echegaray.
  2. ↑ Metro (2013; in Spanish) "Mercado Echegaray, de 32 años, se convirtió en la procuradora general más joven y tendrá como responsabilidad defender al Estado en los tribunales de Apelaciones y Supremo."[1]
  3. ↑ Senate of Puerto Rico (2013; in Spanish) "La licenciada Margarita Mercado Echegaray nació el 7 de diciembre de 1980 en San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is currently single."[2]
  4. ↑ Senate of Puerto Rico (2013; in Spanish) "En ese mismo año (2009) completó una maestría en derecho constitucional y derechos civiles en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Columbia en el Estado de Nueva York."[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Senado confirma a Mercado Echegaray como procuradora general – Metro". Metro.pr. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (SENADO)". Senado.pr.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Margarita Mercado Echegaray juramenta como procuradora general". Primerahora.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  4. ↑ "Procuradora general resiste artillería pesada de jueces asociados - Univision Puerto Rico". Puertorico.univision.com. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Histórica cobertura de vista sobre pensión de jueces - Univision Puerto Rico". Puertorico.univision.com. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  6. ↑ "Ley". Oslpr.org. Retrieved 2014-02-15.