Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani is an attorney and the former

Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evalua ...

. He holds a BA in Physiology from the

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad de Puerto Rico;'' often shortened to UPR) is the main List of state and territorial universities in the United States, public university system in the Commonwealth (U.S. i ...

and obtained a JD from the

Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law The Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Faculty of Law () is the school of law of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, a private co-educational corporation accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (Commissi ...

. Somoza was appointed by

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Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first Secre ...

after the resignation of

Antonio Sagardía Antonio Miguel Sagardía-De Jesús (born August 11, 1957) is a Puerto Rican lawyer who served as Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico. He was appointed by Governor Luis Fortuño and sworn in by Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock on January 2, 20 ...

and confirmed by the Puerto Rico Senate in May, 2010. Somoza was appointed in 1997 by then-Governor

Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, an ...

as a Minors Advocate, a post he held until promoted by Sagardía as head of the Minors and Family Advocates Division of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice. In August 2018, Somoza was stopped by police for speeding in a Porsche while accompanied by his 17-year old son. He was charged with negligence but the final resolution was to pay a $300 fine.

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