Margarita Mercado Echegaray

Margarita Mercado Echegaray (born on December 7, 1980) is an attorney, the former Prosecutor General of Puerto Rico, and the youngest to hold such post.[1][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Mercado has a bachelor's degree in political science and history of the Americas, and a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. She also has a master of laws in constitutional law and civil rights from Columbia University.[4][lower-alpha 3] 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.[4]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mercado and the second or maternal family name is Echegaray.
Margarita Mercado Echegaray
Prosecutor General of Puerto Rico
Assumed office
January 13, 2013
GovernorAlejandro García Padilla
Personal details
Born
Margarita Mercado Echegaray

(1980-12-07) December 7, 1980
Political partyPopular Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico
Columbia University
Occupationattorney

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.[5] The Association claims that Act 162 of 2013 is unconstitutional and that it minimizes the principle of judicial independence.[6][7]

Notes
  1. 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."[2]
  2. 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."[3]
  3. 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."[3]

References
  1. "Procuradora General fue designada sin la experiencia requerida por ley". www.noticel.com. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  2. "Senado confirma a Mercado Echegaray como procuradora general – Metro". Metro.pr. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  3. "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (SENADO)" (PDF). Senado.pr.gov. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  4. "Margarita Mercado Echegaray juramenta como procuradora general". Primerahora.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  5. "Procuradora general resiste artillería pesada de jueces asociados - Univision Puerto Rico". Puertorico.univision.com. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  6. "Histórica cobertura de vista sobre pensión de jueces - Univision Puerto Rico". Puertorico.univision.com. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  7. "Ley" (PDF). Oslpr.org. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
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