Roberto Sánchez Ramos
Roberto Sánchez Ramos | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico | |
| In office January 2, 2005 – December 31, 2008 | |
| Governor | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá |
| Preceded by | William Vazquez Irizarry |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Sagardía |
| Chief Justice for the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BEng) University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD) Yale Law School (LLM) |
Roberto Sánchez Ramos (born 1967) is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico and former Attorney General of Puerto Rico, appointed in 2005 by Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá. Before becoming Attorney General, Sanchez Ramos served as Solicitor General of Puerto Rico. He is the son of former Governor of Puerto Rico Roberto Sánchez Vilella. His mother, Jeannette Ramos Buonomo, is a retired judge of the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals, and his grandfather was Ernesto Ramos Antonini, who for many years was the Speaker (President) of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives. Also, his aunt was Ivette Ramos Buonomo, a retired professor at University of Puerto Rico's Law School. He was born while his father Roberto Sánchez Vilella was governor of Puerto Rico.
Among his more notable opinions as an appellate judge is a 2016 case in which he overturns a Superior Court decision declaring Puerto Rico's Arms Control Law in violation of the United States Constitution's Second Amendment.