Silvia Carreño-Coll

Silvia Luisa Carreño-Coll (born 1963) is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.

Education

Carreño-Coll earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Emerson College and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

Career

Carreño-Coll served as Associate Regional Counsel for Caribbean Programs in the United States Environmental Protection Agency and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico.

On August 28, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Carreño-Coll to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. She has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Jay A. García-Gregory, who assumed senior status on September 30, 2018. On October 15, 2019, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate. On October 16, 2019, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Jenniffer González has announced her support of the nomination. On November 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. On February 25, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 96–1 vote. Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 96–0 vote. She received her judicial commission on February 26, 2020.