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Puerto Rican judge (born 1957)
Mildred Gail Pabon Charneco
(born November 27, 1957) is a Puerto Rican judge serving as an associate justice of the
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
after being appointed to the post on February 4, 2009, by Governor
Luis Fortuno
. Graduated at the
University of Puerto Rico
, where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science with the highest honors. In 1983 she earned her juris doctor from the
University of Puerto Rico School of Law
. She filled the vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice
Jaime Fuster
in 2007. Pabon is the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Prior to serving as associate justice, Pabon served for over nine years as a judge at the Puerto Rico Circuit Court of Appeals and as legislative counsel to Governor
Pedro Rossello
. Prior to that, Pabon worked as a staff attorney at the
Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico
and in private practice.
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