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Mildred Gail Pabón Charneco (born November 27, 1957) is a Puerto Rican judge serving as an associate justice of the
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. She was appointed by Governor
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on February 4, 2009. She graduated from the
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, where she obtained a
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degree with the highest honors. In 1983, she earned her
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from the
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. She filled the vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice
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in 2007. Pabón is the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Prior to serving as associate justice, Pabón served for over nine years as a judge at the Puerto Rico Circuit Court of Appeals and as legislative counsel to Governor
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. Prior to that, Pabón worked as a staff attorney at the Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico and in private practice.


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Supreme Court Website, in Spanish
1957 births Living people Associate justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico alumni 21st-century American women judges 21st-century American judges 21st-century Puerto Rican women lawyers 21st-century Puerto Rican lawyers {{PuertoRico-bio-stub