Margarita Mercado Echegaray

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mercado and the second or maternal family name is Echegaray.

Margarita Mercado Echegaray
18th Solicitor General of Puerto Rico
In office January 13, 2013 – 2017
Governor	Alejandro García Padilla
Succeeded by	Luis R. Román Negrón
Personal details
Born	Margarita Mercado Echegaray (1980-12-07) December 7, 1980 (age 44) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political party	Popular Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Puerto Rico (BA) University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD) Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
Occupation	attorney

Margarita Mercado Echegaray (Born December 7, 1980) is an attorney, the former Solicitor General of Puerto Rico, and the youngest to hold such post.^[1][a][b] 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][c] 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]

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. 18 March 2013. 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.