Erick Kolthoff-Caraballo (born 1961) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, having judicial authority within Puerto Rico to interpret and decide questions of Commonwealth law. As the highest body of the judicial branch of the Puerto Rican government, it is analogous to one of the...

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Prior to being appointed on February 4, 2009 to the Supreme Court by Governor Luis Fortuño

Luis Fortuño

Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is the governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States of America. Fortuño is also the president of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico , a member of the Republican National Committee, and will be president of the Council of State...

 he had been appointed by former Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

Aníbal Acevedo Vilá

Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Commonwealth of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus and a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law,...

 as a Superior Court judge, for which he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Previously, he served as staff director of the Senate of Puerto Rico

Senate of Puerto Rico

The Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate is composed of 27 senators, representing eight constituent senatorial districts across the commonwealth, with two senators elected per district; an...

's Nominations Technical Evaluation Unit, as an attorney for the Courts Administration of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board

Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board

The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board was created in 1996 as a result of passage of Puerto Rico's Telecommunications Reform Law, drafted by then Sen. Kenneth McClintock and then Rep. Angel Cintrón. The three-member board was originally chaired by attorney Phoebe Forbes Isales and is...

, and an attorney in private practice. He is the son of a former Superior Court judge, his namesake, appointed in 1969 by then Governor Luis A. Ferré

Luis A. Ferré

Don Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the third Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973, and the founding father of the New Progressive Party which advocates for Puerto Rico...

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He is the son of Erick Kolthoff-Benners

Erick Kolthoff-Benners

Erick Kolthoff-Benners is a Puerto Rican Retired Superior Court Judge who was the first Afro-Puerto Rico member of the islands' judiciary. He was appointed by Puerto Rico Governor Carlos Romero Barceló, after having served as his legal advisor while Romero served as mayor of San Juan from 1969 to...

, the first Afro-Puerto Rican member of the islands' judiciary.

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• German immigration to Puerto Rico
  German immigration to Puerto Rico
  German immigration to Puerto Rico increased when German businessmen immigrated to Puerto Rico during the early part of the 19th century. However, it was the economic and political situation in Europe during the early 19th century plus, the fact that the Spanish Crown issued the Royal Decree of...