Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz (born 1956 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) served as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1991 to 1992. He was appointed by former Governor Rafael Hernández Colón. Prior to becoming the Attorney General, Pérez-Díaz served as Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He is currently a partner at the law firm of Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Legal career
From 1985 to 1986, Pérez-Díaz was the Director of the Federal Litigation Division at
United States Department of Justice for the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. And from 1986 to 1989, he was the Special Assistant to the Governor in Charge of Federal Affairs in the Office of Governor
Rafael Hernández Colón.
Clerkships
After
law school, Pérez-Díaz served as a
judicial clerk for Chief Justice
Jose Trias Monge of the
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and for
Stephen Breyer, a Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and future Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court.
Education
Pérez-Díaz received his bachelor's degree,
magna cum laude, from
Fairfield University in 1978 and received his law degree, magna cum laude from the
University of Puerto Rico Law School in 1981. He was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Puerto Rico Law Review. Pérez-Díaz received his master's of law from the
Harvard Law School in 1983.
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