Aida Milagros Delgado-Colón (born August 31, 1955) is a

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for the

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Education and career

Delgado-Colón was born in

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. She received a

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degree from the

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in 1977 and a

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from the

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in 1980. She worked in the Department of Labor and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1981 and then held various positions in the Office of the Public Defender of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico from 1982 to 1993. Delgado-Colón was an adjunct professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law from 2003 to 2004.

Federal judicial service

Delgado-Colón is a

of the

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. She was nominated by President

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on October 25, 2005, to a seat vacated by Judge

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who assumed senior status on June 10, 2005. She was confirmed by the

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on March 6, 2006, and received her commission on March 17, 2006. She served as chief judge from 2011 to 2018. She is only the second female on the bench in the District of Puerto Rico, after District Judge and former Chief Judge Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, who has served for nearly three decades. In 2011, she also became the second female Chief Judge in the District of Puerto Rico, succeeding Judge José A. Fusté, she served in that capacity until April 13, 2018, being succeeded by

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* 1955 births Living people People from Lares, Puerto Rico Hispanic and Latino American judges Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico faculty Public defenders Puerto Rican judges Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush University of Puerto Rico alumni United States magistrate judges 21st-century American women judges Hispanic and Latino American lawyers {{US-federal-judge-stub

Education and career

Federal judicial service

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