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2020 Top 10 Richest Judges from Puerto Rico

Top 10 Richest Judges from Puerto Rico| Puerto Rico has a lot to offer and are blessed with resources. However, they mostly suffer from natural disasters.

In this article, the top 10 richest Puerto Rican judges are unveil and ranked according to their wealth.

10. Dora Irizarry

Dora Lizette Irizarry (born January 26, 1955) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. 

Irizarry was born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, and was raised in the Bronx in New York City. She attended the Bronx High School of Science and went on to graduate from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 and Columbia Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1979.

In 2002, Irizarry resigned from her judgeship to become the Republican nominee for Attorney General of New York, challenging Democratic incumbent Eliot Spitzer.

She was the first Latina to seek statewide office in New York State. Irizarry lost the race by a 66%-30% margin, but ran a strong race in upstate New York. After the election, she entered private practice with the firm of Hoguet, Newman & Regal in Manhattan.

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