Gobernador @agarciapadilla designa a Lcda. Maite Oronoz Rodríguez como Jueza Presidenta del Tribunal Supremo de PR. pic.twitter.com/p3xMQIn0nD
— El Batey PPD (@ElBateyPPD) February 12, 2016
On February 12, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro García Padilla selected Associate Justice Maite Oronoz Rodríguez, 39, to become the next Chief Justice of the US commonwealth’s highest court. If Oronoz Rodriguez is confirmed by the Puerto Rican Senate, she will be the first openly gay chief justice for the commonwealth.