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In 2009, the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly passed a law mandating that membership in the Bar Association would thereafter be voluntary, and although the Bar Association filed suit to challenge the law, the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals upheld the law's constitutionality; subsequently, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and the United States ...
In early 2009, García Passalacqua reduced his level of activities for health reasons and began to be the object of published testimonials. [4] In particular, Governor Luis Fortuño issued a proclamation declaring February 22, 2009 Juan Manuel García Passalacqua Day in recognition of his accomplishments in public service, academia, journalism and political analysis.
Victor Manuel Rivera Gonzalez (born 1948 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican attorney and former district judge, former Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Chief of Police, known in Puerto Rico, especially among prisoners and police officers, for his work during Sila María Calderón's administration.
The Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA) is a voluntary association of lawyers of Puerto Rican ethnicity or interest. It is to be distinguished from the Bar Association of Puerto Rico or Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico , which is the bar association of Puerto Rico .
Sign from former headquarters of the El Día newspaper, while on Calle Salud, Ponce (1945–1970), now on display at Museo de la Historia de Ponce El Nuevo Día was founded in 1909 in the city of Ponce as "El Diario de Puerto Rico," [a] later changing its name to "El Día" in 1911, a name it kept for nearly seven decades.
The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PR DOJ) (Spanish: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of the local law in the commonwealth and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in many US states.
Roberto Sánchez Ramos (born 1967) is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico and former Attorney General of Puerto Rico, appointed in 2005 by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. Before becoming Attorney General, Sanchez Ramos served as Solicitor General of Puerto Rico. He is the son of former Governor of Puerto Rico Roberto Sánchez Vilella.
María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician from Adjuntas. She is the current vice-president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) and in 2004 became the first woman from that party to be elected into the Senate in the history of Puerto Rico . [ 1 ]